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|accepted_name=Corydalis aurea
|accepted_authority=Willdenow
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|title=Enum. Pl.
|place=2: 740. 1809
|year=1809
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|common_names=Golden corydalis;corydalis dorée
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|code=W2
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|name=Capnodes aureum
|authority=(Willdenow) Kuntze
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Fumariaceae;Corydalis;Corydalis aurea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fumariaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Corydalis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Corydalis aurea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>winter annual or biennial, glaucous, from ± branched caudices. <b>Stems</b> 10-50, prostrate-ascending, 2-3.5 dm. <b>Leaves</b> compound; blade with 3 orders of leaflets and lobes; ultimate lobes elliptic, 1.5 times or more longer than wide, margins incised, apex subapiculate. <b>Inflorescences</b> racemose, 10-20(-30)-flowered, primary racemes shorter than to slightly exceeding leaves, secondary racemes fewer flowered; bracts elliptic to linear, 4-10 × 1-2 mm, rarely larger, margins often denticulate toward apex, distal bracts usually much reduced. <b>Flowers</b> at first erect, later reflexed; pedicel 5-10 mm; sepals ovate to attenuate-ovate, to 1-3 mm, margins often sinuate or dentate; petals pale to bright yellow; spurred petal 13-16 mm, spur straight or slightly incurved, 4-5 mm, apex subglobose, crest low and incised or absent, marginal wing moderately to well developed, unspurred outer petal 9-11 mm, crest same as that of spurred petal; inner petals oblanceolate, 8-10 mm, blade wider than claw and more prominently winged toward apex, claw 3.5-4.5 mm; nectariferous spur 2-3 mm; style ca. 3 mm; stigma 2-lobed, 1/2 as long as wide, with 8 papillae. <b>Capsules</b> erect to pendent at maturity, linear, often torulose, slender to somewhat stout, straight to moderately incurved, 12-24(-30) mm. <b>Seeds</b> nearly 2 mm diam., appearing essentially smooth under magnification, narrow marginal ring present or absent.</span><!--

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|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Kans.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Nev.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The Navaho used <i>Corydalis aurea</i> medicinally for a variety of ailments, including rheumatism, diarrhea, sores on the hands, stomachaches, menstrual problems, and sore throats, and as a general disinfectant (D. E. Moerman 1986, no subspecies cited).</p>
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|Capsules slender, pendent or spreading at maturity, usually 18–24 mm; seeds without marginal ring; leaves generally exceeding racemes.
|[[Corydalis aurea subsp. aurea|Corydalis aurea subsp. aurea]]
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|1
|Capsules stout, erect at maturity, 12–20 mm; seeds with narrow marginal ring; racemes generally exceeding leaves.
|[[Corydalis aurea subsp. occidentalis|Corydalis aurea subsp. occidentalis]]
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name=Corydalis aurea
|authority=Willdenow
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Capnodes aureum
|basionyms=
|family=Fumariaceae
|distribution=Alta.;B.C.;Man.;N.W.T.;Ont.;Que.;Sask.;Yukon;Alaska;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Ill.;Kans.;Mich.;Minn.;Mo.;Mont.;N.Dak.;N.H.;N.Mex.;N.Y.;Nebr.;Nev.;Ohio;Okla.;Oreg.;Pa.;S.Dak.;Tex.;Utah;Vt.;Wash.;Wis.;Wyo.;Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Enum. Pl.
|publication year=1809
|special status=W2;Illustrated
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|genus=Corydalis
|species=Corydalis aurea
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