Lamprocapnos spectabilis (Introduced- USA)

Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara, Pl. Syst. Evol. 206: 415 1997. (Syn: Capnorchis spectabilis (L.) Borkh.; Corydalis spectabilis (L.) Pers.; Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lemaire; Diclytra spectabilis (L.) DC.; Dielytra spectabilis (L.) G. Don; Eucapnos spectabilis (L.) Sieb. & Zucc.; Fumaria spectabilis L. (ambiguous synonym);

China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), North Korea, South Korea, SE-Russian Far East, Japan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Finland (I), Slovakia (I), Croatia (I), USA (I) (Connecticut (I), Indiana (I), Kentucky (I), Maine (I), New York (I), Pennsylvania (I), Wisconsin (I)) as per Catalogue of Life;

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Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Valentine’ from California : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)
Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Valentine’

Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) T. Fukuhara is one of the most beautiful species (syn: Dicentra spectabilis (L.) Lemaire) with large flowers about 2.5 cm long in simple secund racemes, corolla is heart shaped with two obtuse spurs. petals white.

cultivar ‘Valentine’ produces red stems, rich scarlet red flowers with protruding petals.

Photographed from Nursery in Fremont California.