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Corydalis ambigua
Small Corydalis is a tuberous, early-flowering spring perennial from east Asia, grown for its small spring flowers and as a woodland bulb. It is easiest when given cool, moist conditions and a dormant summer.
Corydalis ambigua is a tuberous early flowering east Asian flowering plant species in the poppy family Papaveraceae. Its exact native range is obscure due to taxonomic confusion. It is one of the sources of the drug tetrahydropalmatine.
Corydalis ambigua contains a variety of alkaloids including corynoline, acetylcorynoline, d-corydalin, dl-tetrahydropalmatine, protopine, tetrahydrocoptisine, dl-tetrahydrocoptisine, d-corybulbine and allocryptopine.
Chemical derivatives of tetrahydroprotoberberines present in Corydalis ambigua have been studied as potential ways to increase pain tolerance and for treating drug addiction. Further, they may represent a category of neurotransmitter stabilizers which have potential use in broad range of psychotic and neurological disorders.
Cordyalis ambigua is part of the traditional Ainu cuisine:
Scrambled eggs · Corydalis caucasica · Corydalis flexuosa · Siberian Corydalis · Corydalis omeiana · Corydalis pumila · Spring fumewort · Corydalis yanhusuo · Fumewort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corydalis ambigua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
