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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Regelian on April 10, 2009, 11:16:32 AM

Title: Corydalis species
Post by: Regelian on April 10, 2009, 11:16:32 AM: Can anyone ID this Corydalis species for me. It is growing in the Cologne Flora amongst rockery and seems to self-seed.
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: WimB on April 10, 2009, 11:25:50 AM: Hi Jamie,

I guess this is Corydalis cheilantifolia
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: Martin Baxendale on April 10, 2009, 11:37:46 AM: Quote from: WimB on April 10, 2009, 11:25:50 AM
Hi Jamie,

I guess this is Corydalis cheilantifolia

Yes, C. cheilanthifolia. It's very easy from seed.
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: Regelian on April 10, 2009, 01:01:13 PM: Thanks, Guys! Now I know what marker to put on the to be purloined seeds! :-X ;D
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: Carlo on April 13, 2009, 01:50:48 PM: Yes...and it tends to be a bit profligate with those seeds. You'll soon be weeding it out to share with neighbors. I use it and plants like it in the toughest spots...helps cover that lousy ground that you can't do anything else with...
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: Regelian on April 13, 2009, 02:06:56 PM: Thanks for the forwarning, Carlo. I take it, it tends to go about like C. lutea and Mecanopsis cambria (the yellow menace!). Do you know if any hybrids have been created or selections made? I particularly like the foliage.
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: Heather Smith on April 15, 2009, 10:34:07 PM: This Corydalis seeds itself into cracks in paths and into other plants' pots, too in my garden. I love it and wouldn't be without it. It has much more attractive foliage than C. lutea. Dead easy to grow!
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: Carlo on April 15, 2009, 11:13:56 PM: Just started blooming here...now that you've all mentioned it, I can think of a few other places on the property I wouldn't mind seeing it pop up...
Title: Re: Corydalis species
Post by: Lori S. on April 16, 2009, 02:46:01 AM: And it's even hardy here in zone 3, where it's among the earliest-blooming perennials. I enjoy it too!