Nearctica - Eastern Wildflowers - Fumariaceae - Golden Corydalis (Corydalis aurea)

Golden Corydalis

(Corydalis aurea)

Color Photograph: NRCS Plants Database, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Corydalis flavula

The flowers of Yellow Corydalis have wide, toothed, upturned petals and a shorter spur than that of Golden Corydalis.

Corydalis micrantha

The spur of Slender Corydalis is upturned, not down-turned as in Golden Corydalis.

Golden Corydalis (Corydalis aurea)

Identification: Flowers yellow, elongate with a long, single, down-curved spur. Petals not upturned or dentate. Leaves much divided, but arranged in groups of three leaflets. Plant about 8 to 16 inches in height.

Distribution: Across Canada and throughout the western and central United Sttates. In the east occurs from Minnesota in the west to New England in the east, southward to Illinois and Pennsylvania.

Habitat: Golden Corydalis is found on rocky or sandy soils along lake or ponds or in open woods.

Flowering period: May to June.

Golden Corydalis (Corydalis aurea)

Similar Species:

Yellow Corydalis (Corydalis flavula)

Slender Corydalis (Corydalis micrantha)

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