Delaware Wildflowers • Common names
Yellow Corydalis
Corydalis flavulaFumariaceae — Fumitory family
Rare native
Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Arkansas
March 2004
Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland
April 2018
The flowers are small, just 6-8mm (1/4") long.
Without flowers, the plants look very much like Dutchman's breeches, but the Corydalis has branched stems, and the leaves and flower stalks of Dutchman's breeches come directly from the ground.
White Clay Creek State Park -- Pump House Road
April 2018
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Photos copyright David G. Smith
Information from the Delaware Flora Checklist used with author's permission.