Dicentra eximia is also known by its common name Fringed Bleeding Heart. It is a wildflower native to North America that typically grows 15 inches high. It blooms in late spring with pink to purplish heart-shaped flowers that hang from long leafless stems. A protruding inner petal at the bottom of each heart-shaped flower appears to form a drop of blood, thus giving the plant the common name “bleeding heart”. The foliage is grayish green and deeply cut. The flowers are resistant to deer and rabbits and hardy to zone 3. The name dicentra comes from the Greek words dis meaning twice and kentron meaning a spur for the two-spurred flower.