Corydalis ochotensis Turcz.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Corydalis

Characteristics

Herbs, biennial, 50-90 cm tall, glabrous. Stems often zigzag, squashy, winged-ridged, branched and leafy throughout. Basal leaves long petiolate; blade glaucous abaxially, broadly ovate or deltoid, triternate; primary petiolules long; secondary petiolules short; leaflets deeply or slightly divided, obovate, rhombic-obovate, or ovate, obtuse, mucronate. Lower cauline leaves long petiolate, upper ones shortly petiolate, like basal leaves. Racemes 3-5 cm, at fruiting to 9 cm, 4-8-flowered; bracts ovate to broadly ovate, 0.5-1.4 cm, entire, partly concealing flowers. Pedicel 2-4 mm, recurved in fruit. Sepals reniform, to 0.5 mm, dentate. Corolla yellow, keels of outer petals often with a purplish gray tint; outer petals acuminate, with short obtuse crest extended clearly beyond petal apex; upper petal 17-20 mm; spur cylindric, 8-11 mm, apex slightly downcurved; nectary 2/5-1/2 as long as spur; lower petal shallowly saccate, 10-12 mm; inner petals 8-9 mm. Stigma compressed-quadrate, with marginal papillae. Capsule narrowly obovoid, 10-14 × ca. 3 mm, 6-10-seeded. Seeds in 2 rows, 1.5-2 mm, smooth. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep.
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A herb. It completes its life-cycle over 2 years. It grows 50-90 cm tall. The stems are often zigzag and squashy and have ridges or wings. The leaves at the base have long leaf stalks. The leaves are D shape and divided 3 times.
Life form biennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows in mixed forests and beside streams.
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Mountains in C. Japan.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses medicinal ornamental
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
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°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Corydalis ochotensis unspecified picture

Distribution

Corydalis ochotensis world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:672388-1
WFO ID wfo-0000622646
COL ID 6B4ZH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Capnoides ochotensis Corydalis ochotensis Corydalis pauciovulata Corydalis ochotensis var. litoralis