Corydalis sempervirens
 
Pink Corydalis

Inflorescence

Hudson Bay Airport Road
05-July-2024

Sempervirens: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 

plants fairly erect; NOT [plant usually somewhat prostrate]

flowers pink or purplish pink, with yellow tips; NOT [flowers yellow]

capsules ascending; NOT [capsules spreading or pendent]

 

Corydalis: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this genus. 

plants NOT climbing

corolla deciduous; NOT [corolla persistent]

only one of the petals saccate; NOT [the two outer petals saccate]

fruit an elongate capsule; NOT [fruit globose]

fruit with more than one seed; NOT [fruit with a single seed]

seed crested

 

Fumariaceae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 

herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

plants NOT with colored milky juice

plants with more than one normal leaf

some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

leaves without stipules, or having glands; NOT [leaves with stipules]

flowers with two floral rings

calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]

sepals 2; NOT [sepals 5, two large, colored, and petal-like]

each petal distinct from the others

corolla irregular in shape; NOT [corolla regular in shape]

petals 4; NOT [petals 3]

stamens 10 or fewer; NOT [stamens usually more than 10]

ovary superior; NOT [ovary inferior]

carpels 1 or 2; NOT [carpels 3-5]