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Lincoln School of Agriculture Botanical Specimen 115

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OrganisationSchool of AgricultureDate1896Keywordsspecimen preservationSchool of Agriculture botanyplant identificationbotanical specimenspreserved plant specimensherbariumbotany collectionsVersionScanned Image

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Family NameFumariaceae Scientific NameCorydalis lutea (Pseudofumaria lutea)Common Name Fumitory, Yellow corydalis or rock fumewortCharacteristicsYellow corydalis grows to 30–38 cm (12–15 in) tall. Leaves are finely divided and yellow-green to gray-green, often remaining over winter. Flowers are 2 centimetres (0.75 in) long, borne in racemes on short, branched, leafy stems from late spring to autumn. They have 4 petals; the top and bottom ones crested, the top one with a short, rounded spur curved downwards, the 2 inner ones connected at the tip. Its seeds, dark brown with white elaiosomes, are held in oval, flat pods. Plants self-seed abundantly.LocalityIt is native to the southern foothills of the south-western and central Alps of Italy and Switzerland, but widely introduced elsewhere.CollectorW.P.Knight

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Lincoln School of Agriculture Botanical Specimen 115