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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Claire Cockcroft on May 01, 2023, 08:28:30 PM
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This plant appeared but wasn't from any seed I thought I'd planted. The only corydalis that might be similar is C. saxicola. Any ideas who this mystery plant is?
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Claire,
It certainly looks like one. If not, it is a flawless imitation.
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I also have a new corydalis that has appeared in my garden that looks very similar to this one.
i have tried many species from the seeds in the exchange and i recycle the soil from my ungerminated pots.
would it be Corydalis ophiocarpa?
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Ophiocarpa was the one I thought of too - although in the garden it tends to make a more compact plant than the one in Claire’s photo.
Claire, was this growing in a very shady spot/or competing with lots of taller plants?
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It is in an unheated greenhouse, stuffed in a corner against a south-facing wall. The plant is quite robust -- so much so, I was tempted to pull it up last year when there were no flowers. I am happy I didn't!
...Claire
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I wonder if the heat in the greenhouse has stretched the plant out a bit?
If it is ophiocarpa, it’s a super plant to have in the garden. It will seed about, but is very easy to pull out. I have it filling spaces which were occupied by early spring bulbs. Come August, I rip most of it out, so that we can see our cyclamen hederifolium flowers.
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if it is C. ophiocarpa, I have noticed that its stems are winged.