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Pale Corydalis - Pseudofumaria alba

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Pale Corydalis Pale Corydalis - Pseudofumaria alba subsp. alba dylan Bristol 3 Apr 2025, 6:05 p.m. 2 Apr 2025, 1:43 p.m.
Pale Corydalis Pale Corydalis - Pseudofumaria alba subsp. alba dylan Bristol 3 Apr 2025, 6:05 p.m. 2 Apr 2025, 1:43 p.m.
Pale Corydalis Pale Corydalis - Pseudofumaria alba subsp. alba dylan Bristol 3 Apr 2025, 6:05 p.m. 2 Apr 2025, 1:42 p.m.
Pale Corydalis Pale Corydalis - Pseudofumaria alba subsp. alba dylan Bristol 3 Apr 2025, 6:05 p.m. 2 Apr 2025, 1:42 p.m.
Pale Corydalis Pale Corydalis - Pseudofumaria alba subsp. alba dylan Bristol 3 Apr 2025, 6:05 p.m. 2 Apr 2025, 1:43 p.m.
Pale Corydalis Pale Corydalis - Pseudofumaria alba subsp. alba dylan Bristol 3 Apr 2025, 6:05 p.m. 2 Apr 2025, 1:43 p.m.

Species Description

Widely grown and sometimes escapes and becomes naturalised on walls, pavements etc. as for Yellow Corydalis but much rarer.

Stace 4:

Pseudofumaria alba (Mill.) Lidén (Corydalis ochroleuca W.D.J. Koch nom. illeg., P. ochroleuca (W.D.J. Koch) Holub nom. illeg.) - Pale Corydalis.

Differs from P. lutea in its very narrowly winged petioles; flowers 10-18mm including basal spur 1-2mm, cream with yellow tip; seeds matt; (2n=28, 32). Neophyte-naturalised; similar places to P. lutea but much rarer and mainly in South Britain, North to Mid Ebudes, Channel Islands, County Dublin; Central South Europe.

Useful Links:

Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora

WILD FLOWER FINDER

Wikipedia

RHS

Kew

GBIF

NBN

Subspecies

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Pale Corydalis Pseudofumaria alba subsp. alba 1 1 8 image for Pale Corydalis