Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corydalis micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
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Learn more about Slender Corydalis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Corydalis micrantha var. micrantha
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Corydalis micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Corydalis 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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Corydalis micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Corydalis micrantha ssp. micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of Vascular Plants of NE US & Adjacent Canada (Gleason & Cronquist,1991)
Corydalis micrantha var. micrantha
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Corydalis micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Corydalis micrantha
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Capnoides micranthum
3086
Forb
Annual
Habitat: Circumneutral rock outcrops and adjacent glades and woodlands, also in disturbed areas (in DE), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Rare
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LEAVES:
Compound
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellow
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
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