Dicentra nevadensis, the Sierra bleeding heart or Tulare County bleeding heart, is a perennial plant endemic to gravelly outcroppings in the Sierra Nevada peaks of Tulare and Fresno Counties in California.[1][2]

Dicentra nevadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Dicentra
Species:	D. nevadensis
Binomial name
Dicentra nevadensis Eastw.

It has previously been treated as a subspecies of Dicentra formosa (Pacific bleeding heart).[2][3] The plant is found at elevations of 2,100–3,300 metres (6,900–10,800 ft).[2]

Description

Dicentra nevadensis leaves are finely divided and sprout from the base of the plant.[1]

Flowers are heart-shaped, dull white, pink, or yellow-brown, hanging in racemes on bare stems above the leaves. When dried, the flowers turn black. Flowers bloom June to August.[4]

Seeds are borne in a capsule one to two centimeters long.[2]

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