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Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea Family: Fumariaceae
Yellow Corydalis
Pseudofumaria lutea
(Corydalis lutea)

Flowering time: May-August. Perennial. Neophyte

Widely naturalised and can be very common in England and Wales on walls, waste ground and in pavement cracks.

The bright yellow flowers are 12-18mm long. A strong-growing plant, the leaves and stems without tendrils.

Similar: Climbing Corydalis, Ceratocapnos claviculata. Creamy flowers, leaves with tendrils.


Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea

Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea
Yellow Corydalis, Pseudofumaria lutea
Westbourne, Dorset. June 2012

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