Family | Fumariaceae (alt. Papaveraceae) |
Scientific name | Corydalis orthoceras Siebold et Zuccarini |
Synonyms | Corydalis capillipes Franchet |
Common name | (Japanese common name) michinoku-engosaku [Michinoku engosaku (Michonoku = an old name of northern Japan, engosaku = a kind of traditional Chinese medicine)], hime-yama-engosaku [dwarf mountain engosaku] |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (Japan Sea side, north of Central region) |
(Other nations) none | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16 (2x), 2n=32 (4x) |
Description | Leaves leaflets 1-3cm length. Scapes 10-20cm. Flowers blue purple 10-13mm, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |
March 2007 at mountane forest in Niigata Prefecture |