Corydalis caseana A.Gray

Sierra fumewort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Corydalis

Characteristics

Plants perennial, glaucous, from large, fleshy roots. Stems 1-several, 10-15 dm or more. Leaves ca. 5, compound, to 10 dm; blade with 2-4 orders of leaflets and lobes; ultimate lobes of proximal cauline leaves narrowly to broadly elliptic, 1-5 cm, apiculate. Inflorescences paniculate, 50 or more flowers on primary axis; bracts inconspicuous, linear or narrowly elliptic, rarely wider, proximal bracts ca. 10 mm, distal greatly reduced. Flowers ascending or spreading; pedicel 3-5 mm; sepals persistent, round and irregularly dentate to ovate, lunate, or attenuate-lanceolate with broad, sometimes lobed base, 2-3 mm; petals light pink to white, inner ones tipped reddish purple; spurred petal often incurved, 16-25 mm, spur tapered or not, 9-16 mm, apex obtuse, crest absent, inconspicuous, or extending into beak beyond petal apices, marginal wing narrow to broad, conspicuous; unspurred outer petal 10-15 mm; inner petals 7-12 mm, claw 3-5 mm; nectariferous spur 1/2-3/4 length of petal spur; style 3-4 mm; stigma roughly rectangular, with 8 papillae. Capsules reflexed, ellipsoid, 10-15 × ca. 3-5 mm. Seeds ca. 2.5 mm diam., with numerous minute protuberances.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.9
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 2-3
Soil humidity 5-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Corydalis caseana world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:66361-2
WFO ID wfo-0000622155
COL ID YP2L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Corydalis caseana Capnoides caseana Corydalis bidwelliae Capnodes bidwellianum Capnodes caseanum Capnodes caseanum Corydalis caseana subsp. caseana

Lower taxons

Corydalis caseana subsp. aquae-gelidae Corydalis caseana subsp. brandegeei Corydalis caseana subsp. cusickii Corydalis caseana subsp. hastata Corydalis caseana var. brachycarpa