Mestizo Uruguay has overwhelmingly become white and European (some Middle Eastern) in culture and tradition. Because of this, the term mestizo has fallen into disuse. Northern Argentina still has a predominately mestizo population, especially in the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza, Chaco, Formosa, Corrientes, Santa Fe and Misiones, where there is also a significant population of Indigenous peoples. In Chile, from the time the Spanish soldiers with Pedro de Valdivia entered northern Chile, a process of 'mestizaje' began where white Spaniards began to mate with the local bellicose Mapuche population of Amerindians
Dicentra formosa on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. Subsp. "oregana" grows in a small area of southern Oregon and northern California in serpentine soils in the Siskiyou Mountains. These subspecies are also distinguished by appearance: "Dicentra formosa" is widely grown as a garden plant, and several cultivars have been developed. Those marked have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit: There are several hybrid cultivars involving "D. formosa", the eastern American species "D. eximia" and the Japanese species "D. peregrina": The Pacific bleeding-heart ("Dicentra formosa" subsp. "formosa") was first noted by Europeans when the Scottish surgeon and naturalist