Corydalis pallida — Edible Plant Database

What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves

Young leaves are eaten cooked.

Where to Find It

It is a temperate plant.

Asia, China, Japan, Korea,

Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

How to Identify

A biennial reaching 0.3 m (1 ft) tall with hermaphrodite flowers pollinated by bees. Grows in light sandy to medium loamy, well-drained soils across mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH levels. Tolerates both semi-shaded woodland and full sun, preferring moist soil conditions.

How to Grow

Propagation: Seed is best sown as soon as it is ripe, as it rapidly loses viability if allowed to dry out. Surface sow and keep moist; germination usually occurs within 1–3 months at 15°C, though one source reports spring germination. For stored seed, two months of warm stratification followed by a cold period improves germination rates. Seedlings produce only one leaf in their first year and are very prone to damping off. As a biennial, this species generally germinates more readily than perennial relatives.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known

Wikipedia

A biennial reaching 0.3 m (1 ft) tall with hermaphrodite flowers pollinated by bees. Grows in light sandy to medium loamy, well-drained soils across mildly acidic to mildly alkaline pH levels. Tolerates both semi-shaded woodland and full sun, preferring moist soil conditions.

Notes

There are about 300 Corydalis species.

References (2)

Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
www.efloras.org Flora of China. Volume 7