Re: Corydalis

FYI, direct copy and paste from GRIN for search on Corydalis ochroleuca -
appears  this name is a synonym for the actual name which is Pseudofumaria
alba, BUT the really interesting thing is a search on Pseudofumaria alba
only brings up several lists of synonyms in languages I don't
read...whereas a search on Corydalis ochroleuca brings up assorted
nurseries who carry it and gardens where it's in bloom or lists of plants
grown in such and such a botanical garden, seed germination databases, an
article I did mentioning it (wherein there is a photo if you're interested
- http://www.i5ive.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/15635  - scroll down
it's sort of past the middle of the article - all sorts of hits....wonder
if the Taxonomists know that everybody is calling this plant a Corydalis?

Results from GRIN Taxonomy Database

Taxon: Pseudofumaria alba (Mill.) Lidén

Genus: Pseudofumaria
Family: Papaveraceae. Also placed in: Fumariaceae
Nomen number: 405103.
Place of publication: Opera Bot. 88:32. 1986.
Name verified on 19-Apr-1996 by Systematic Botany Laboratory. Last updated:
22-May-1997.
No species priority site assigned. No accessions for species.

Species range:
•Europe: Albania; Greece [northwest]; Italy; Yugoslavia •natzd. in w.
Europe
Species citations:
•T. G. Tutin et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)

•W. Greuter et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
•M. Liden. 1986. Opera Bot. 88:32.

Synonyms for species:
•Corydalis ochroleuca W. D. J. Koch, nom. illeg.
•Fumaria alba Mill.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: GeneBush <genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM>
> Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 2:37 PM
>
> Hello Bobbi & others,
>     Not much of a resemblance between the two species of Corydalis. C.
lutea is a
> smaller plant in general if both are equally well placed in the garden.
Also more
> green in foliage, a bit more heavy in substance of the leaves. Blooms are
a
> definite yellow, which includes the lip in the flower. C. ochroleuca (no
common
> name that I can find as yet) is a bit larger in size, blue-green in
foliage and
> more finely cut leaves for a more feathery look. Blooms are cream-white
with
> yellow lip.
>     I do not have the white form of C. lutea in the garden or the
nursery. Just
> never got around to ordering it.
>     I tried to grow the blue flowering Corydalis several years here and
gave up.
> Quite a few species and selections were tried from different nurseries at
some
> very nice prices. They were tried in several locations and
micro-environments
> including just leaving them in a nursery pot. None made it past the
second year.
>     I have trouble finding the name of C. ochroleuca in any of the
literature I
> have here... and I have quite an extensive library of books on gardening.
Most
> references are found in an occasional nursery catalog, if at all.
Probably the
> reason no one has come up with a common name. Just has not been in the
trade long
> enough. If you read the last few messages and this one on C. orcho. then
you know
> just about as much as there is to know except for seeing a photograph.
Stay tuned.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [SG] Corydalis
>
>
> > I have heard that the blue corydalis really doesn't like our zone 5/6
> > climate and will not live a long time for us. Think of it as a very
> > expensive annual that may live over for a couple of years!
> >
> > C. ochroleuca, now, sounds like a good one to try. Gene, does it
closely
> > resemble C. lutea, because I have seen what I thought was a white C.
lutea
> > several places (I think maybe even at your nursery) and have been
wanting
> > some for years.
> >
> > Bobbi Diehl
> > Bloomington, IN
> > zone 5/6
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