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Dicentra scandens

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Common names

Bleeding heart vine

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Dicentra scandens (D.Don) Walp.

Ecology

Year naturalised

2006

Other information

Etymology

dicentra: From the Greek di ‘two’ and kentron ‘spur’, alluding to the two spurs on the petals

scandens: Climbing; from the Latin scandere; groth habit