spectabilis has been cultivated as an ornamental species for so long in its native Northeast Asia that it has become hard to determine in which regions it is native and in which introduced.

spectabilis behaves as a shade-loving chasmophyte, growing in rock crevices at low altitudes in the mountains of the central and southern parts of the country. The plant sometimes behaves as a spring ephemeral, becoming dormant in summer. The flowers strikingly resemble the conventional heart shape, with a droplet beneath – hence the common name. The outer petals are bright fuchsia-pink, while the inner ones are white. The arching horizontal racemes of up to 20 pendent flowers are borne in spring and early summer. It is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial with 3-lobed compound leaves on fleshy green to pink stems. The Asian bleeding-heart grows to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 45 cm (18 in) wide. Their shape inspired the common name 'lady-in-a-bath' and the more decorous ' Our Lady in a boat' Single, mature flower showing reflexed appendages of outer, pink petals revealing inner, white teardrop The two inner petals are made visible when the two pink outer petals are pulled apart. Other common names include lyre flower, heart flower, and lady-in-a-bath. It is valued in gardens and in floristry for its heart-shaped pink and white flowers, borne in spring. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Lamprocapnos, but is still widely referenced under its old name Dicentra spectabilis (now listed as a synonym), not to be confused with the North American native bleeding heart plants also classified under Dicentra.

Lamprocapnos spectabilis, bleeding heart or Asian bleeding-heart, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the fumitory subfamily ( fumarioideae) of the poppy family Papaveraceae, and is native to Siberia, northern China, Korea, and Japan.

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