Delaware Wildflowers • Common names

Yellow Corydalis
Corydalis flavula
Fumariaceae — Fumitory family
Rare native
Yellow Corydalis
Pinnacle Mountain State Park, Arkansas
March 2004
Yellow Corydalis
Yellow Corydalis
Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland
April 2018
Yellow Corydalis
The flowers are small, just 6-8mm (1/4") long.

Yellow Corydalis
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.

Yellow Corydalis
Yellow Corydalis
White Clay Creek State Park -- Pump House Road
April 2018

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