dicentra; Dicentra peregrina
A small alpine plant with pink heart-shaped flowers, native to Japan and East Asia. Often called 'queen of the alpine plants' in Japanese.
Dicentra grows on alpine gravelly slopes.
The flowers of dicentra are heart-shaped and beautiful.
Usually written in katakana; the kanji form 駒草 is less common.
Kanji spelling; less common than the katakana form.
Hiragana spelling; less common than katakana but still used.
Written 駒草, from 駒 “young horse” and 草 “plant,” traditionally explained by the flower’s resemblance to a horse’s head.