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);
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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.


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Laprocapnos spectabilis ‘Valentine’
Family Papaveraceae
Common Name: Bleeding Heart ‘Valentine’
Cultivated Rhizomatous perennial herb with red arching stems with pendent heart-shaped light red and white flowers.
Photographed from Regan Nursery, Fremont, California, 14 April, 2019. 

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Lamprocapnos spectabilis (L.) Fukuhara: 4 very high res. images.

Location: Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
Altitude: 60m.
Date: 03 April 2022

Habit : Cultivated


Agree… Lamprocapnos spectabilis.

Life was so much easier when it was called Dicentra spectabilis!
My pics below

 


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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  IPNI 

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