Corydalis crystallina

(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray

Manual ed. 5, 62. 186.

Endemic
Basionym: Corydalis aurea var. (ß) Torrey & A. Gray Fl. N. Amer.,Bot. Gaz. 1: 665. 1840,11: 189. 1886
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Plants winter-annual, glaucous, from somewhat succulent roots. Stems 1-several, erect or ascending, 2-4 dm. Leaves compound; blade with 2 orders of leaflets and lobes; ultimate lobes lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, margins incised, apex subapiculate. Inflorescences racemose, (8-) 12-15 (-18) -flowered, primary racemes exceeding leaves, later secondary racemes fewer flowered, exceeded by leaves; bracts ovate to ovate-acuminate, 5-12 × 3-6 mm, distal usually much reduced. Flowers erect; pedicel stout, ca. 1 mm; sepals broadly ovate to cordate, somewhat attenuate, to 2 mm, margins sometimes incised; petals bright-yellow; spurred petal 16-22 mm, spur straight, 6-8 mm, apex distinctly globose, crest very high, wrinkled or toothed, marginal wing very broad, revolute, unspurred outer petal 12-14 mm, marginal wing broad, not revolute, enclosing margins of spurred petal in bud; inner petals oblanceolate, 9-11 mm, blade apex ca. 2 times wider than base, basal lobes small, claw narrow, 4-5 mm; nectariferous spur clavate, 3.5-5 mm, curved near apex; style slender, ca. 4 mm; stigma wider than long, with 8 papillae. Capsules erect, linear, stout, straight to slightly incurved, 14-18 mm, with numerous basally pustulate whitish hairs or rarely glabrate. Seeds ca. 2 mm diam., minutely decorated, marginal ring absent.


Phenology: Flowering mid-late spring.
Habitat: Prairies, fields, open woods, and wasteland
Elevation: 10-500 m

Distribution

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Ark., Kans., Mo., Okla., Tex.

Discussion

The peculiar pubescence of the capsules distinguishes Corydalis crystallina from all others in the genus. Also, the crest and marginal wing of the spurred petal are more highly developed than in any other yellow-flowered species.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"thin" is not a number."dm" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property."wider than long" is not a number.

... more about "Corydalis crystallina"
globose +
Kingsley R. Stern +
(Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray +
Corydalis aurea var. (ß) +
2 times wider than base +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
ovate;ovate-acuminate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
adnate +  and connate +
incurved +  and erect +
1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br /> (1.8 cm18 mm <br />0.018 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
wrinkled +
toothed +
Ark. +, Kans. +, Mo. +, Okla. +  and Tex. +
10-500 m +
dehiscent +  and indehiscent +
Prairies, fields, open woods, and wasteland +
pustulate +
(8-)12-15(-18)-flowered +
terminal +  and axillary +
oblanceolate +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
not revolute +  and revolute +
0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
not spurred +  and spurred +
3 +, both +  and 1 +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.4 cm14 mm <br />0.014 m <br />) +
dissimilar +  and alike +
broadly ovoid;obovoid +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
bright-yellow +
coherent +  and distinct +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
not spongy +
Flowering mid-late spring. +
perpendicular +
succulent +
decorated +
reniform +  and subglobose +
persistent +  and caducous +
attenuate +, broadly ovate +  and cordate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (?) +  and 0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (?) +
straight +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
branching +  and simple +
climbing +  and prostrate +
ascending +  and erect +
1;several +
persistent +
compressed +
thread-like +
slender +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (?) +
Corydalis crystallina +
Corydalis +
species +
lanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate +