Protologue Description: DICENTRA CUCULLARIA (L.) Bernh., f. purpuritincta, n.f., corolla rosea, flexura saturate aurantiaca, calice rubescenti-purpureo. Corolla pink, deep orange at flexure; calyx reddish purple. Westport, Fairfield County, 20 April, 1928, in rich deep soil of moist wooded slope, Eames and Starr, no. 10561 (TYPE in Herb. Eames). This form occurs at a number of stations in southwestern Connecticut, nearly always in colonies of the typical form into which it grades. The purple coloration strongly pervades scape and appendages.