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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: Gerhard Raschun on May 21, 2010, 08:56:33 PM

Title: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on May 21, 2010, 08:56:33 PM: Here is a pict of a plant I have found on a trip in the West of Cyprus some weeks ago. It should be a rare plant, so I have seen it only in a very small and dry area.

I have thought that it could be belong to the genus Corydalis, but seed capsules looks different.

Mayby somebody could help with ID
Title: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: daveyp1970 on May 21, 2010, 11:50:17 PM: Quote from: arisaema on May 21, 2010, 09:14:09 PM
I think that's a Delphinium, or possibly a Consolida, but it really looks remarkably similar to a Corydalis!

could it also be a Linaria?
Title: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: arisaema on May 22, 2010, 07:39:20 AM: Here's one Delphinium from Cyprus, borrowed from Google Books/"The top 50 Mediterranean Island plants" (http://books.google.com/books?id=MW-8twkYZdsC&lpg=PA50&ots=uhqaUzatoK&dq=delphinium%20caseyi&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q=delphinium%20caseyi&f=false):
Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 22, 2010, 09:43:25 AM: Folks, moved this query out of Corydalis ..... :D
Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on May 22, 2010, 08:59:34 PM: I agree with Arisaema, that this plant belongs to Ranunculaceae.

But D. caseyi is one of the rarest plants on the island, only known from the north.

The published picts of D. caseyi show more open flowers.
Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: arisaema on May 22, 2010, 09:17:04 PM: Yes, noticed the distribution was wrong and don't know much about the Mediterranean flora, but figured whatever species do grow on Cyprus would be fairly closely related. D. halteratum looks like a possibility and occurs on Malta, so should be found on Cyprus as well.
Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 22, 2010, 09:29:47 PM: Not sure that D. halteratum does grow in Cyprus..... :-\ :-X

http://luirig.altervista.org/gifeurbig2/4150.gif = distribution of D. halteratum

Here is Burtt's description of Delphinium caseyi and some notes.....

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Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on May 22, 2010, 10:44:10 PM: I have found the answer:

Delphinium peregrinum var. eriocarpum !!!

but sadly it isn`t perennial....

many thanks for your help
Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 23, 2010, 02:03:21 PM: Gerhard.... where do you see any similarity between Delphinium peregrinum var. eriocarpum - a species with lilac- blue flowers, and your dark purple flowered specimen?? :-\ ???
Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Gerhard Raschun on May 26, 2010, 03:43:53 PM: Quote from: Maggi Young on May 23, 2010, 02:03:21 PM
Gerhard.... where do you see any similarity between Delphinium peregrinum var. eriocarpum - a species with lilac- blue flowers, and your dark purple flowered specimen?? :-\ ???

The colour in the pict isn`t true. I have great problems with purpur, red and blue, to get them right in the picts with my Nikon D700.

so please visite http://www.rareplants.de/shop/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=317&P_ID=10282&strPageHistory=search&numSearchStartRecord=1
Title: Re: Is this a Corydalis ?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 26, 2010, 04:08:18 PM: Thanks, Gerhard.... if the colour is not true then I see what you mean :)