Climbing corydalis (Ceratocapnos claviculata)
Description
Ceratocapnos claviculata, the climbing corydalis, is a weak scrambling plant in the Papaveraceae family. It is endemic to Europe, growing mostly near the Atlantic fringe. This delicate looking plant is a hairless annual (or occasionally perennial) up to a metre tall with weak, often pinkish, clambering stems. The leaves are pale to medium green, doubly compound, the leaflets being well-stalked and divided into three to five sub-leaflets, and ending in a branching tendril. It blooms between June and September in the UK. The flowers are small, about 6 mm (0.24 in) long, pale creamy-yellow, in short axilliary spikes. Each flower is elongated and tubular with a lip and spur and stamens in two bundles. The seed pods are short, usually narrowing between the two seeds.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ranunculales
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Family: Papaveraceae
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Genus: Ceratocapnos
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