Corydalis parviflora Z.Y.Su & Lidén

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Corydalis

Characteristics

Herbs, annual (sometimes ?perennial), 25-35 cm, glabrous, with taproot. Stems angular, branched above, leafy. Basal leaves with long petiole to 20 cm; blade deltoid, 7-10 × 10-15 cm, biternate; ultimate leaflets well spaced, petiolulate, ovate, 3-10 × 1.5-2 cm, entire to slightly lobate, sparingly large dentate. Cauline leaves like basal leaves, but smaller. Racemes 5-10-flowered, dense in flower, slightly elongating in fruit; peduncle to 5 cm; bracts lanceolate, 2-5 mm. Pedicel 2-5 mm, not elongating in fruit. Flowers yellow, 10-14 mm, or sometimes only 7 mm in cleistogamous flowers. Sepals minute. Outer petals shortly crested; spur of upper petal absent to 4 mm, with small or obsolete nectary; inner petals 6-10 mm. Stigma horizontal, oblong, small, apex of each arm with 1 large papilla, lower part with 1 pair of small papillae. Capsule linear, ca. 2.5 cm × 2 mm. Seeds in 1 row, ca. 1.2 mm, slightly flattened, not keeled, smooth on sides, but with several concentric rows of small tubercles on rounded-obtuse back; elaiosome thin and broad, folded over seed. Fl. and fr. Mar-Jun.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.35
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Corydalis parviflora world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:993796-1
WFO ID wfo-0000622702
COL ID YPFD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Corydalis parviflora