Yellow Fumewort
Corydalis flavula
A low-growing woodland annual with highly dissected, fern-like blue-green leaves and small, spurred yellow flowers in early spring. Highly deer-resistant due to bitter compounds. Self-sows gently in rich, damp shade to form ephemeral ground cover.
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, groundcover
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV