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Corydalis rutifolia

Corydalis rutifolia
Photo: Peter coxhead, CC BY-SA 3.0

Corydalis rutifolia is a small tuberous geophyte from the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus, grown mainly by specialist collectors of corydalis. It needs a cool, sharply drained spot and a dry dormant period in summer.

Family
Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Part shade
Water
Water moderately while growing in cool months, then keep almost dry once the foliage dies back in early summer.
Soil
Gritty, free-draining mix with added grit or leaf mould.
Temperature
10–20 °C during growth; tolerates cold winters but protect from prolonged waterlogging.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Cyprus (Troödos Mts.)
Climate
temperate

About

Corydalis rutifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae, endemic to the Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. It was first described by James Edward Smith in 1821 as Fumaria rutifolia.

Other Corydalis plants

Small Corydalis · Scrambled eggs · Sierra fumewort · Corydalis caucasica · Hollowroot · Fern Leaved Corydalis · Corydalis chelidoniifolia · Corydalis elegans · Island Corydalis · Yellow fumewort · Corydalis flexuosa · Corydalis gotlandica

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Corydalis rutifolia 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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