Pink corydalis facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Pink corydalis |
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| Great Smoky Mountains, North Carolina | |
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Capnoides
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sempervirens
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Corydalis glauca Pursh |
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The Pink Corydalis (scientific name: Capnoides sempervirens) is a beautiful flowering plant. It is also known by other names like harlequin corydalis, rock harlequin, or pale corydalis. This plant grows in northern North America.
It can be an annual plant, meaning it lives for one year. Or it can be a biennial plant, which means it lives for two years. You can often find it in rocky woodland areas. It also likes places that have been disturbed, like areas after a fire. The Pink Corydalis is the only plant species in its group, called the Capnoides genus.
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What the Pink Corydalis Looks Like
Pink Corydalis plants usually grow between 20 and 80 centimeters (about 8 to 31 inches) tall. Both the stems and the leaves have a special pale, bluish-green color. This color is called glaucous.
The leaves are about 1 to 3 centimeters (0.4 to 1.2 inches) long. They are divided into smaller parts, usually three lobes. Sometimes, they can have four lobes.
Flowers and Seeds
The flowers of the Pink Corydalis are shaped like tubes. They are pink with a yellow tip. Each flower is about 1 to 1.7 centimeters (0.4 to 0.7 inches) long. These flowers grow in groups that hang down.
After the flowers bloom, the plant produces seeds. The seeds are black and shiny. They are very small, about 1 millimeter (0.04 inches) wide. These seeds are held tightly inside long, thin, tube-shaped pods.
Where and When it Grows
Pink Corydalis flowers bloom from May all the way to September. You can often see them growing in areas that have been changed by fire. This plant is native to a large area. It grows from Newfoundland in the east to Alaska in the west. It also grows south into the eastern parts of the United States.
Gallery
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Quetico Provincial Park, Ontario
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Illustration from The Botanical Magazine Vol. 5, 1792 (as Fumaria glauca)
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See also
In Spanish: Capnoides para niños
