Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corydalis micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Corydalis micrantha var. micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Capnoides micranthum
COMMON NAME:
Slender Corydalis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_cami32_001_lvd
COMPARE
Chervil, Corydalis, and Fumitory
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Corydalis micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Corydalis micrantha var. micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Capnoides micranthum
3086
Forb
Annual
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Habitat: Circumneutral rock outcrops and adjacent glades and woodlands, also in disturbed areas (in DE), per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bisexual
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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