Corydalis species

[Regelian]

Can anyone ID this Corydalis species for me. It is growing in the Cologne Flora amongst rockery and seems to self-seed.

[WimB]

Hi Jamie,

I guess this is Corydalis cheilantifolia

[Martin Baxendale]

Hi Jamie,

I guess this is Corydalis cheilantifolia

Yes, C. cheilanthifolia. It's very easy from seed.

[Regelian]

Thanks, Guys!  Now I know what marker to put on the to be purloined seeds!

[Carlo]

Yes...and it tends to be a bit profligate with those seeds. You'll soon be weeding it out to share with neighbors. I use it and plants like it in the toughest spots...helps cover that lousy ground that you can't do anything else with...

[Regelian]

Thanks for the forwarning, Carlo.  I take it, it tends to go about like C. lutea and Mecanopsis cambria (the yellow menace!).  Do you know if any hybrids have been created or selections made?  I particularly like the foliage.

[Heather Smith]

This Corydalis seeds itself into cracks in paths and into other plants' pots, too in my garden. I love it and wouldn't be without it. It has much more attractive foliage than C. lutea. Dead easy to grow!

[Carlo]

Just started blooming here...now that you've all mentioned it, I can think of a few other places on the property I wouldn't mind seeing it pop up...

[Lori S.]

And it's even hardy here in zone 3, where it's among the earliest-blooming perennials.   I enjoy it too!