Corydalis Corydalis, (L.) Swartz

14. C. solida (L.) Swartz View in CoL , Svensk Bot. 8: t. 531 (1817)

(C. halleri Willd ; inch C. tenella Ledeb. ex Nordm. ).

Tuber solid. Stem 1O-2O(-3O) cm, erect, with ovate scale near base. Leaves mostly 2-ternate. Racemes (4-) 10- to 20-flowered. Lower bracts always lobed. Pedicels 10-20 mm. Corolla 15—25(—30) mm; spur usually slightly curved. Fruit 10-25 mm, pendent when ripe. Most of Europe except the extreme north and west; rare and local in the Mediterranean region. Al Au Be Bu Co Cz Fe Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Sa Si Su [Br Da No].

Very variable. Four subspecies are given below, but the treatment is unsatisfactory, especially because of the occasional close similarity between specimens of subspp. (b) and (c), and because of the very great variability of subsp. (a).

1 Uppermost bracts entire 2 Racemes very lax; ultimate leaf-segments narrowly oblong

(d) subsp. wettsteinii 2 Racemes dense; ultimate leaf-segments broadly obovate

(c) subsp. slivenensis 1 Uppermost bracts lobed or laciniate 3 Racemes dense; ultimate leaf-segments oblong, narrowly obovate or linear-lanceolate (a) subsp. solida 3 Racemeslax; ultimateleaf-segmentsbroadlyobovate

(b) subsp. laxa