Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Corydalis adiantifolia Hook.f. & Thomson sect. Strictae |
Bibliography | Fl. Ind. 1: 271 (1855) |
Native Range | Tibet to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2300-5000m |
Description | glabrous, grey-green, leaves pinnate, segments often reniform, wider than longer, lobate, flowers in terminal raceme, corolla 12-18mm across, spur thin, straight |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Capnoides adiantifolia (Hook.f. & Thomson) Kuntze Corydalis adiantifolia var. dentipetala Fedde Corydalis adiantifolia var. heterocarpa Jafri |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |