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Capnoides sempervirens - (image 1 of 5)

Taxonomy

Family: Papaveraceae

Synonymous with Corydalis sempervirens (L.) Pers.

Habitat

Dry, rocky or sandy woods and open areas.

Associates

Distribution

Newfoundland to AK, south to NY, PA, northern IN, MN, MT, and British Columbia, and along the mountains to GA.

Morphology

Biennial or annual, glaucous; stems 30-80 cm, much-branched at least above; lower leaves petiolate, the upper subsessile; flowers in small panicles at the ends of branches; bracts minute, lanceolate; corollas (10-)12-17 mm including the spur, rose to pink-purple or greenish-purple, yellow at the apex; spur 2.5-5 mm; sepals broadly ovate, 2-4 mm; fruit erect, 2.5-4(-5) cm; seeds about 1 mm wide, with an obtuse margins.

Notes

Flowers May to September

Wetland indicator: NA

Typically forming a rosette in the late summer or fall of the first year and blooming in the spring and early summer of the second, but sometimes seeds germinating in the spring will bloom in the summer to fall. Easily grown in a well-drained soil without competition from other plants.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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