Botanical name: Corydalis violacea    Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Synonyms: Corydalis meifolia var. violacea

Purple Threadleaf Corydalis is a Himalayan herb with purple flowers with a darker tip. Flowers are borne in a dense, almost flat-topped cluster 3-5 cm long. Flowers are 1.2-1.8 cm long including the spur which is much less than half as long as the flower. Leaves are glaucous, many times cut into linear or threadlike pointed segments. Basal leaves are large, 10-30 cm, long-stalked. It is an erect or spreading leafy perennial herb, usually unbranched, 15-30 cm tall, with a thick rootstock, covered with old leaf bases. Purple Threadleaf Corydalis is found in the Himalayas, from Himachal Pradesh to SE Tibet. Flowering: June-August.

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