Dicentra peregrina

Far Eastern heart flower ( Dicentra peregrina )

The Far Eastern heart flower ( Dicentra peregrina ) is a plant of the genus heart flowers ( Dicentra ) in the family of the poppy family ( Papaveraceae ).

Features

The Far Eastern heart flower is a perennial, herbaceous plant that reaches the heights of growth 8-20 centimeters. It forms a short - Pleiokorm rhizome with many roots. The basal leaves petiolate long. The outline of the leaf blade is oblong - ovate. It is two to three times pinnate, their end portions are densely crowded, linear to acicular and 0.7 to 2 millimeters wide.

The flowers are, and measure 20 to 25 ×. The three to five (rarely to 18) flowers are arranged in a simple, racemose inflorescence. The flower stalk is 1.5 - 2 times as long as the flower itself The zygomorphe, long heart-shaped flower has a length of 20 to 25 millimeters and a width of 8 to 12 millimeters. The outer petals are white to purple. Your tips are bent back 12 millimeters long and almost circular. The spur is short.

The flowering time is in June, rarely extends to July.

It is a very variable depending on the region Art

Occurrence

The Far Eastern heart flower comes in the Far East before on the Chukchi Peninsula, Kamchatka, Sakhalin and Japan ( Hokkaido and Honshu ) on stony, sandy crashes, rock, river gravel and crushed back.

Use

The Far Eastern heart flower is rarely used as an ornamental plant in rock gardens.

Documents

• Eckhart J. Hunter, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd Müller, K. (ed.): Rothmaler Exkursionsflora of Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants. Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8.
• Papaveraceae in Ornamental Plants in Russia Dicentra peregrina - Online.