Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Corydalis incisa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Look out for this one! It is expected to be a new emerging invader. Read an assessment of this plant's invasive risk potential: Weed Risk Assessment for Corydalis incisa.
Learn more about Corydalis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis incisa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corydalis incisa
COMMON NAME:
Incised Fumewort, Purple Keman
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Lisa Lofland Gould lgo_corydalis_incisa
March Forsyth County NC
A spring ephemeral that thrives in the same kind of habitats as Ficaria verna.
COMPARE
Chervil, Corydalis, and Fumitory
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Trena McNabb tmn_corydalis_incisa
March Forsyth County NC
This plant is dispersed by water; expect it to move downstream.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Corydalis incisa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis incisa
FAMILY
Fumariaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Corydalis incisa
4136
Forb
Annual/Biennial
Habitat: Bottomland forests, moist suburban woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: east Asia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound, with 2-3 levels of compoundness
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring
Pink-purple
with a white crest (rarely entirely white)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2 sepals
4 petals
Superior ovary
Flowers in compact racemes
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".