Yellow Corydalis
Corydalis lutea
Papaveraceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Europe
Source of plant
Arrowhead Alpines, Bluebird Nursery Inc.
Description
Perennial to 40cm. Rhizome producing fibrous roots. Stems numerous. Leaves deltoid in outline, 2-3 pinnate, green above, glaucous beneath. Flowers in axillary, densely 6-16 flowered racemes; corolla golden yellow; spur short, blunt, nearly straight, inner petals tapering to base; floral bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6