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Corydalis flavula - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Papaveraceae

Habitat

Rock outcrops, wooded slopes, in moist, loose soil.

Associates

Distribution

Eastern NY to southern Ontario, southern MI, and SD, south to NC, LA, and OK.

Morphology

Annual from somewhat succulent roots; stems 10-30 cm, at first erect but often becoming prostrate, the stem sympodial; racemes barely if at all exceeding the leaves; bracts ovate, foliaceous, 3-8 mm; corollas pale yellow, 7-9 mm including the 1-2 mm spur; crest of the upper petal usually toothed; fruits spreading or drooping, 1.5-2 cm, on pedicels often 1-1.5 cm; flowers sometimes cleistogamous; seeds about 2 mm wide, with a narrow, acute ring-margin.

Notes

Flowers April to May

Wetland indicator: FACU

I took these pictures in early June as the plants were beginning to senesce and the flowers that were still being produced appear to be cleistogamous.

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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