WorldFloraDB - Corydalis solida

Characteristics

A perennial plant. It grows 2-30 cm high and 15-20 cm wide. It has a tuber. The leaves are like feathers. The flowers occur on upright spikes. They tilt and the spurs turn down. They can be white to reddish-purple. The fruit is like a capsule and contains many seeds.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

myrmecochory

Mature width (meter)

0.1 - 0.5

Mature height (meter)

0.1 - 0.4

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It is frost hardy. It will grow in most moist, well-drained soils. It needs an open sunny position. It is resistant to frost but damaged by drought. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.

More

Woods, hedgerows, meadows, orchards and vineyards, usually on stony soils, avoiding calcareous soils.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

CAUTION: It contains alkaloids. The root has the bitter element removed and is then used as a famine food to extend bread flour.

Uses	environmental use food medicinal
Edible	roots tubers
Therapeutic use	Anodyne (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Chest (unspecified), Cholecystitis (unspecified), CNS depressant (unspecified), Contusion (unspecified), Hypertension (unspecified), Pain (unspecified), Tranquilizer (unspecified), Circulation (unspecified), Convulsion (unspecified), Dysmenorrhea (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Carcinoma (unspecified)
Human toxicity	toxic (bulb), toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds or by division.

Mode	divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days)	36 - 51
Germination temperacture (C°)	16 - 18
Germination luminosity	light
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Habit

Corydalis solida habit picture by Eric Rebsamen (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Corydalis solida leaf picture by Jules Louail (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Corydalis solida flower picture by leokoha (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Corydalis solida fruit picture by huy HO (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60454743-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000622894
COL ID	YPL4
BDTFX ID	75068
INPN ID	92594
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)	Link

Synonyms

Corydalis remota f. haitaoensis Pseudofumaria minor Capnoides bulbosa Capnoides remota Capnoides solida Corydalis laxa Corydalis tenuis Fumaria bulbosa Borckhausenia cava Borckhausenia solida Capnites digitata Capnites solida Capnoides laxa Capnoides tenella Corydalis bulbosa Corydalis digitata Corydalis feddeana Corydalis halleri Cryptoceras remotum Fumaria digitata Fumaria minor Pistolochia bulbosa Pistolochia solida Pistolochia feddeana Corydalis depauperata Corydalis tenella Fumaria halleri Fumaria solida Bulbocapnos digitatus Bulbocapnos halleri Fumaria bulbosa var. solida Corydalis solida var. hispida Corydalis bulbosa f. multicaulis Corydalis bulbosa var. solida Corydalis solida

Lower taxons

Corydalis solida subsp. bracteosa Corydalis solida subsp. densiflora Corydalis solida subsp. oligantha Corydalis solida subsp. slivenensis Corydalis solida subsp. incisa

WorldFloraDB 2024

Corydalis solida (L.) Clairv.

Spring fumewort (en), Corydale à bulbe plein (fr), Corydale solide (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Corydalis