Plants Profile for Corydalis aurea (scrambled eggs)

General Information
Symbol:	COAU2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fumariaceae
Duration:	Annual Biennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	AK N CAN N L48 N
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Scott Co., Davenport, Nahant Marsh. 2002. Usage Requirements.

Margaret Williams. Provided by Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements.

Patrick J. Alexander. Usage Requirements.

©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, AZ. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Doug Goldman. Provided by USDA NRCS National Plants Data Team (NPDT). United States, CO, Larimer Co., Rocky Mountain National Park, Sprague Lake trail. September 2, 2011. Usage Requirements.

Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 145. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CAAU11	Capnoides aureum (Willd.) Kuntze
COWA5	Corydalis washingtoniana Fedde

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Papaverales
Family	Fumariaceae – Fumitory family
Genus	Corydalis DC. – fumewort
Species	Corydalis aurea Willd. – scrambled eggs

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Illinois golden corydalis Endangered
Iowa golden corydalis Threatened
New York golden corydalis Threatened
Pennsylvania golden corydalis Endangered
Vermont golden corydalis Threatened

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status