| Family | Fumariaceae (alt. Papaveraceae) |
| Scientific name | Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal |
| Synonyms | Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma lineariloba Takeda; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma fumariaefolia (Maximovicz) Kitagawa; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma pectinata (Komarov) Kitagawa; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal forma rotundiloba (Maximovicz) Kitagawa; Corydalis ambigua Chamisso & Schlechtendal var. amurensis Maximovicz; Corydalis remota (Fisher) Komarov |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ezo engosaku [Ezo = an old name of Hokkaido, engosaku = a kind of traditional Chinese medicine)] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu (north of Central region) |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China | |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=16, 24 |
| Description | Leaves 1-3cm. Scapes 10-30cm. Flowers pale blue to purple (marely white) 15-25mm length, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Corydalis ambigua Cham. & Schltdl. |
| Corydalis ambigua Cham. et Schlecht. | |
| Pharmaceutical composition and the method for treating drug addicts' withdrawal syndromes and detoxifying addicts by the same (US Patent 5547956/1996) | |
| Uses of dl-THP (US Patent 6521634/2003) | |
| Method for decreasing nicotine and other substance use in humans (US Patent 20040156932) |
| April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |