How to identify Dicentra scandens
Identify Dicentra scandens by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climbing shrub habit.
- Confirm it sits within the Fumariaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dicentra scandens.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Dicentra scandens
- Genus
- Dicentra
- Family
- Fumariaceae
- Habit
- Climbing shrub
- Habitat
- Cultivated in gardens
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
Leaf characters
Typical of the Fumariaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Typical of the Fumariaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Dicentra scandens
Dicentra scandens is a climbing shrub in the Fumariaceae family. It is cultivated in gardens.
Fumariaceae
Bleeding-Heart Family
Dicentra scandens belongs to the Fumariaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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