Plant to 50 cm or more tall, rootstock fleshy, without tubers. Flowers in clusters of 3-15 and up to 20 cm long, the individual flowers 3-4 cm long, hanging, heart-shaped at the base, the outer petals pinkish-red, 2-3 cm long, with the tips bent back, inner petals white, protruding; spring.

Japan, Siberia

Flowers 3-4 cm long in unbranched clusters.

Source: Spencer, R. (1997). Fumariaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press. (as Dicentra spectabilis)