Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’
Bleeding-heart
This bleeding-heart cultivar has a longer blooming period, and a more compact habit. See Lamprocapnos for a comparison table. The name bleeding hearts is due to the protruding inner petals that appear to form a drop of blood at the bottom of each heart-shaped flower.
Plants: This cultivar is a compact, bushy perennial.
Leaves: Blue-green finally divided leaves appear feathery.
Flowers: Produces graceful arches of heart-shaped flowers. Each flower is a deep pink color, bordering on red. Flowers appear from late spring to early fall.
Fruits: These hybrids are sterile.
Habitats: Moist woodlands in North America and Asia.
Edibility: Poisonous. 
May also cause a rash in some people.
Online References:
8/1/2009 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 2 × 1½′ (58 × 49 cm) 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Magnoliidae | Includes magnolias, nutmeg, bay laurel, cinnamon, avocado, black pepper, and many others |
| Order | Papaverales | A group that includes buttercups and other poisonous plants |
| Family | Fumariaceae | Fumitory, fumewort, or bleeding-heart family |
| Genus | Dicentra | From the Greek dis, “twice,” and centron, “spur,” meaning “twice-spurred,” in reference to the flower shape |
Dicentra ‘King of Hearts’ description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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