Very similar to Dutchman's breeches (Dicentra cucullaria). The leaves are difficult or impossible to tell apart. I have had the plants for many years now, but they have never bloomed. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

According to my book on the bleeding-heart family, the tubers are yellow and larger than those of Dutchman's breeches, and often not as deeply buried. They are usually called bulblets, but that is simply because there is no word for miniature tuber. They are actually tubers since they do not consist of overlapping scales like other bulbs (for instance, onions).

The flowers bloom a week later than Dutchman's breeches, and of course the shape is very different, with much shorter pouches near the stem of the flower.

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