Corydalis aurea

Corydalis aurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Papaveraceae
Genus:	Corydalis
Species:	C. aurea
Binomial name
	Corydalis aurea; Willd.
Synonyms
	Capnoides aureum (Willd.) Kuntze; Corydalis washingtoniana Fedde

Corydalis aurea (scrambled eggs, golden smoke, golden corydalis) is a flowering plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to North America. A winter annual, it can be found in such areas as the sagebrush steppe.^[1]

The root is a branching caudex. Stems are decumbent, to 40 cm long, with blue-green leaves divided into leaflets^[1] with oval or diamond lobes.

The flowers are bilaterally symmetrical, yellow,^[1] 1 cm long, with a pouch-like spur at the bottom of the petals,^[1] borne in racemes of up to 30 flowers, each on a short stem. The flowers have four petals and six stamens.^[1]

The fruits are cylindrical capsules.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.

External links

Jepson Manual Treatment
Corydalis aurea in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley
Plants For A Future

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[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.

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