Corydalis caudata (Lam.) Pers.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Corydalis

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial. Tuber rounded or oblong, 8-20 × 8-12 mm. Stems geniculate at nodes, 10-25 cm, slender, weak, usually with several branches both from prophyll and from normal leaves. Leaves glaucous abaxially, green adaxially, bi-to triternate, with long slender petiole and petiolules; petiolar base of lower leaf broadly vaginate; leaflets very discrete, orbicular to elliptic, 9-25 × 7-15 mm, margin entire or sometimes slightly divided, apex obtuse. Raceme lax, 3-8-flowered; bracts ovate to obovate, 4-7 × 3-4 mm, margin entire, apex acute. Pedicels much longer than bracts, 10-25(-40) mm, slender. Sepals caducous, small. Flowers blue or indigo, rarely purplish or white. Upper petal ca. 20 mm, petal lobes broad and flat, apex retuse; spur sigmoidally upcurved, cylindric, (10-)12-14 mm; nectary extended through ca. 3/4 of spur, apex obtuse; lower petal 10-12 mm, broad and flat, slightly emarginate, claw broadly saccate; inner petals 7-8 mm, dorsal crests not overtopping apex. Stigma square, apex with 4 papillae. Capsule ovoid to elliptic, 8-15 mm, 4-9-seeded. Seeds ca. 2 mm, smooth, with long, narrow caruncle. Fl. and fr. Apr-May.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity light
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Distribution

Corydalis caudata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:672128-1
WFO ID wfo-0000622172
COL ID YP2R
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Synonyms

Fumaria caudata Corydalis caudata Corydalis repens var. humosoides