Corydalis cheilanthifolia

fern-leaf corydalis
Flowers and foliage
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Ranunculales
Family:	Fumariaceae
Genus:	Corydalis
Species:	C. cheilanthifolia
Binomial name
Corydalis cheilanthifolia

Corydalis cheilanthifolia (fern-leaf corydalis) is a perennial growing from rhizomes, native to western and central China.

Description

Leaves are shaped like lipfern (Cheilanthes), for which the plant is named. They turn bronze and remain over winter.

Flowers are yellow and bloom in long upright racemes on leafless stems from mid-spring to early summer.

Seeds with elaiosomes are borne in a long, thin pod.

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  pod and seeds with elaiosomes

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