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Corydalis omeiana

Corydalis omeiana is a small, tuberous-rooted perennial from central Sichuan in China, grown in shade gardens for its delicate flowers. It is valued for cool, moist, shaded conditions and sharp drainage.

Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and keep it drier while dormant.
Soil
Humus-rich, free-draining woodland soil.
Temperature
10–20 °C; hardy to about -10 °C when dormant
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (C. Sichuan)
Climate
temperate

About

Corydalis omeiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, native to central Sichuan province of China. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Corydalis plants

Small Corydalis · Scrambled eggs · Corydalis caucasica · Corydalis flexuosa · Siberian Corydalis · Corydalis pumila · Spring fumewort · Corydalis yanhusuo · Fumewort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corydalis omeiana 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.

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