OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Capnoides sempervirens   FAMILY Fumariaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis sempervirens   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Capnoides sempervirens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Corydalis sempervirens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Corydalis sempervirens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-03-001:

Corydalis sempervirens   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Capnoides sempervirens

 

COMMON NAME:
Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis


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image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_case16_001_lvd

        

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

Keith Bradley    kab_c_sempervirens_6143

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock State Park

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

Keith Bradley    kab_c_sempervirens_6168

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock State Park

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm140607_544

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Leaves pinnatisect, the primary segments ternately divided, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm140607_544b

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Capsules erect, 25-35mm long, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm140607_560

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Pedicels erect, petals pink with yellow tips, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm140607_584b

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Found on open cliffs and rock outcrops, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm230609_3992

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm230609_3992b

June    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm0307h_07

July    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

Flowers in a terminal raceme or panicle, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Capnoides sempervirens, Pale Corydalis, Rock Harlequin, Pink Corydalis, Tall Corydalis

JK Marlow    jkm140704_638

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Capnoides sempervirens   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Corydalis sempervirens   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Capnoides sempervirens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Corydalis sempervirens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Corydalis sempervirens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-03-001:
Corydalis sempervirens   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Capnoides sempervirens

 

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389

Forb
Biennial

Habitat: rock outcrops and rocky glades, especially granitic exfoliation domes, but also quartzite, greenstone, and sandstone, up to at least 1700 m in elevation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Compound
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink (with yellow tips)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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