The white parts are oily, and the ants get a vast amount of nutrients and vitamins from this. These white parts on the seeds attract ants. The seeds it produces have small white appendages on them. The Bleeding Heart plant has a symbiotic relationship with ants in the island’s forests. After pollination, the flowers produce long, pea-like seed pods. Bleeding hearts grow from a fragile rhizome that grows very near the surface of the soil. The leaves often make a green covering of growth over the forest floor. The dainty much divided, and fern-like leaves grow straight out of the ground on long and thin stalks. ![]() This beautiful plant has small, heart-shaped flowers growing in small groups on top of a long and thin stalk. Its heart-shaped flowers give it its name. ![]() It is also known as the Western bleeding heart. It is a delicate, pretty, and short plant. Pacific bleeding heart plants are found all over the BC coast as well as all of BC’s coniferous forests. ![]() Bleeding Heart, Vancouver Island, BC, Photo By Bud Logan
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