![]() The name Dicentra derives from the Greek words dis…which means twiceand kentron which means spur. It is also said that the plant belongs to the fumariaceae because its fine, curving blue grey leaves resemble to a crinkling cloud of smoke. However, Plinius in his book HISTORIA NATURALIS claims that fumariarefers to the sap of the plant, which formerly was used to clear up the eye-sight, causing running watering eyes.(tears). The story says that the name fumaria was given to a plant, because people in ancient times, when the plant was named fumes terrae(smoke of the earth), believed that the plant came into being by smoke, arising from the earth. The common name ‘bleeding heart’ refers to its flowers that resemble hearts with drops of blood(white) falling from them.ĭicentra is a genus that some say, belongs to the Fumariaceae family, while others include Dicentra in the Papaveraceae family.įumariaceae refers to the Latin word fumaria which means, fume or smoke. Each Spring the plants show rows of hanging, heart-shaped flowers on bent, curving and arching stems. The foliage is quite attractive the flowers are extremely elegant. ![]() It is a plant which did not lack in grand-grand mothers garden and it may not lack in today’s gardens too. Dicentra is one of the early flowering perennials in Spring.
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