Corydalis flavula (Rafinesque) A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Yellow Fumewort, Yellow Harlequin, Short-spurred Corydalis. Phenology: Feb-May; May-Jun. Habitat: Rich moist forests, especially alluvial forests, also in glades and on outcrops over mafic rocks (such as greenstone). Distribution: S. CT, NY, and s. ON west to SD, south to NC, AL, LA, and OK.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, FNA3, G, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo3, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Ownbey (1947); = Capnoides flavulum (Raf.) Kuntze — S, S13; Fumaria flavula Rafinesque. Basionym: Fumaria flavula Raf. 1808
Links to other floras: = Corydalis flavula - FNA3
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 4
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to reclining annual of rich moist forests, especially alluvial forests, as well as glades and outcrops over mafic rocks such as greenstone.
Stems: Stems branched from base, reddish-green with a waxy coating.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, to 2 in. long, pinnately divided into 5-7 segments, which are further subdivided or lobed, the lobes minutely pointed at the tip; leaves pale green to bluish-green and smooth.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers in a short terminal raceme, clear yellow, ½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular and opening to 4 unequal lobes, the upper one with a toothed crest and backward-pointing spur.
Fruits: Fruit a slender, cylindric capsule containing numerous shiny-black seeds.
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Height: 4-12 in.
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description: Erect to reclining annual of rich moist forests, especially alluvial forests, as well as glades and outcrops over mafic rocks such as greenstone.
stems: Stems branched from base, reddish-green with a waxy coating.
leaves: Leaves alternate, to 2 in. long, pinnately divided into 5-7 segments, which are further subdivided or lobed, the lobes minutely pointed at the tip; leaves pale green to bluish-green and smooth.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers in a short terminal raceme, clear yellow, ½ in. long, bilaterally symmetric, tubular and opening to 4 unequal lobes, the upper one with a toothed crest and backward-pointing spur.
fruits: Fruit a slender, cylindric capsule containing numerous shiny-black seeds.
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native range: eastern North America
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