a short plant with green leaves that don't quite lie flat, with deep narrow lobes similar to carrot leaves or curly-leaf parsley. leaves grow among the bright yellow flowers of a terminal raceme; the flowers towards the top are unopened, appearing as pale to bright yellow tubes with a X-shaped cross-section at the tip due to perpendicular crests on the two (still closed) outer petals. further down there are some open flowers; a left-facing open flower demonstrates many of the flowers' unusual characteristics. the upper outer petal has a downward-curving spur at its base, hanging down slightly over the flower's slender green stem. nearer the tip of the petal there is a thin, triangular crest. the forward edge of the crest and the outer edge of the petal are wavy. the bottom outer petal is similar to the upper outer petal but lacks a spur. within the open outer petals, the two inner petals are lateral and stay closed around the flower's stamens. a front-facing flower low on the right also shows off its upper crest.
this leafy raceme is the same as the first picture but from a different angle; the flower that was facing left previously is now seen head-on. the gaping outer petals have wavy edges and forward of where they hinge open, the petals are flat with the exception of a narrow, deep hollow in the midline on the inside that forms the crest on the outside of the petal. the inner petals also have a somewhat X-shaped cross-section, but they remain closed together.
yellow corydalis growing among other fresh green shoots and leaves. the corydalis leaves are more of a pale blue green than the surrounding verdant green leaves. clusters of bright yellow tubular flowers with X-shaped cross-sections near their tips grow among the corydalis leaves in three locations.
🌻 yellow corydalis 🌿
Corydalis flavula
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