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Scrambled Eggs (Corydalis aurea)

Description

Corydalis aurea (scrambled eggs, golden smoke, golden corydalis) is a winter annual native to North America.Root is a branching caudex. Stems are decumbent, to 40 cm long, with blue-green leaves divided into leaflets with oval or diamond lobes. Flowers are yellow, 1 cm long, with a spur, borne in racemes of up to 30 flowers, each on a short stem. Fruits are cylindrical capsules.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Ranunculales

            • Family: Papaveraceae

              • Genus: Corydalis