Scientific Name: Pseudofumaria lutea
Common Name: yellow corydalis
Family Name: Papaveraceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial, Invasive plant, Weed (horticultural)
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Oval - vertical
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Summer interest
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Bipinnate, Obovate, Spatulate, Incised
Flowers: Raceme, Yellow, May-Jun
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Leaves 2 or 3 pinnate, leaflets obovate to spatulate, most 2-3cm long x 0.5-1cm wide, margins entire or 2-3 lobed; flower bright yellow, ~2cm long, tubular, spurred.