Bleeding heart (Dicentra spectabilis; bleeding heart)

Japanese: ケマンソウ(華鬘草) - ケマンソウ（英語表記）Dicentra spectabilis; bleeding heart

A perennial plant of the Papaveraceae family, native to China. It is cultivated in gardens and other places for decorative purposes. The stem is about 60 cm tall and is whitish green overall. The leaves are alternate and pinnately lobed, with roughly sawtoothed edges on the lobes. In April, several flowers bloom in a raceme at the end of the stem. The upper part of the inflorescence curves into an arch. The flowers hang down on short stalks and are beautiful red. There are two sepals, but they fall off before they bloom. There are four petals, two on the outside and two on the inside, with the two on the inside fused together. It is so named because the way the flowers are arranged resembles a garland of flowers used to decorate before Buddhist altars. This family also includes the famous alpine plant, Dicentra persica.

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Japanese:

ケシ科の多年草で，中国原産。観賞用として庭園などに栽植される。茎の高さは 60cmほどで，全体は白みを帯びた緑色。葉は互生し羽状に裂け，裂片の縁にはあらい鋸歯がある。4月に，茎の先端に総状花序をなして数個の花をつける。花序の上部は弓形に曲る。花は短い柄で垂れ下がり紅色で美しい。萼片は2枚あるが開花する前に落ちてしまう。花弁は4枚で外側，内側に各2枚ずつあり，内側の2枚は合着している。花のつき方を仏前の装飾の華鬘に見立ててこう呼ぶ。この仲間には，高山植物として有名なコマクサがある。

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