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Corydalis aurea (scrambled eggs; golden corydalis)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Corydalis aurea (scrambled eggs, golden smoke, golden corydalis) is a winter annual native to North America. Root is a branching caudex. Stems are decumbent, to 40 cm long, with blue-green leaves divided into leaflets with oval or diamond lobes. Flowers are yellow, 1 cm long, with a spur, borne in racemes of up to 30 flowers, each on a short stem. Fruits are cylindrical capsules.
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Infraspecies

Capnoides aurea var. aurea
Corydalis aurea aurea

Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Corydalis species are potentially toxic in moderate doses;
Lifespan [1]  Annual/Biennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees
Structure [2]  Herb
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
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Protected Areas

Providers

Pollinated by 
Bombus occidentalis (Western Bumble Bee)[3]
Erynnis propertius (Propertius Duskywing)[3]
Osmia densa[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Clements, R. E., and F. L. Long. 1923, Experimental pollination. An outline of the ecology of flowers and insects. Washington, D.C., USA, Carnegie Institute of Washington.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0