E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Flora of BC

Corydalis aurea Willd.
golden corydalis (scrambled eggs)
Papaveraceae (Fumitory family)
(Previously in Fumariaceae)

Introduction to Vascular Plants

General:
Annual or biennial herb from a taproot; stems spreading to prostrate, freely branched, glabrous, 10-50 cm long.

Leaves:
Stem leaves alternate, divided several times, blue-green, usually with a bloom.

Flowers:
Inflorescence of loose axillary and terminal racemes with several flowers; corollas yellow, 12-18 mm long; spurs 3-6 mm long and rounded at the tip.

Fruits:
Capsules, thin, curved, drooping, 20-25 mm long, constricted between the seeds; seeds 2 mm long, black, shiny.

Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.

Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Ecological Framework for Corydalis aurea

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information	Value / Class
Site Information	Avg	Min	Max
Elevation (metres)	922	573	1390
Slope Gradient (%)	27	0	100
Aspect (degrees) [0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]	237	205	270
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric]	2	0	4
Modal Nutrient Regime Class	A
# of field plots species was recorded in:	4
Modal BEC Zone Class	MS
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in	BG(1), BWBS(1), IDF(1), MS(1)
Source: Klinkenberg 2013

Origin Status	Provincial Status	BC List (Red Blue List)	COSEWIC
Native	S5	Yellow	Not Listed

BC Ministry of Environment: BC Species and Ecosystems Explorer.

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Capnoides aureum (Willd.) Kuntze
Capnoides campestre Britton
Capnoides halei Small
Corydalis aurea subsp. aurea
Corydalis aurea var. australis Chapm.
Corydalis campestris (Britton) J. Buchholz & Palmer
Corydalis halei (Small) Fernald & B.G. Schub.
Corydalis micrantha var. australis (Chapm.) Shinners
Corydalis washingtoniana Fedde

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