Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Corydalis mayae Hand.-Mazz. sect. Trachycarpae |
Bibliography | Symb. Sin. 7: 351 (1931) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3400-4300m |
Description | glabrous, basal leaves petiolate, suborbiculate, segments 3, tripinnatipartite, ultimate segments obovate, obtuse, flowers 4-10 in raceme 2-6cm long, spur cylindrical, 12-15mm |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous 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 | Corydalis delavayi var. euryphylla Fedde Corydalis delavayi var. stenophylla Fedde Corydalis mayae var. stenophylla (Fedde) C.Y.Wu |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |