Key to Corydalis
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(For a list of species in Corydalis, use the above link.)
Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.
1. Petals yellow,
spur 4–5 mm;
annual,
biennial;
fruit cylindric Elongate, with parallel sides and, at any point, round in transverse section.
..... C. aurea 1' Petals white to pink, purple-tipped in age, spur 9–16 mm;
perennial Completing life cycle (germination through death) in more than two years or growing seasons, generally non-woody (at least above ground) to woody; includes perennial herbs as well as subshrubs to trees; the abbreviation 'per' only refers to perennial herb, not to the word 'perennial' alone.
herb; fruit
elliptic In the shape of a flattened circle or ellipse; wider than linear
..... C. caseana subsp. caseana
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