C. sempervirens , the pink corydalis, is our second species. Flowers are the typical four petals with two being much longer than others. There is a sack-like spur on one of the two larger petals. Corydalis is Greek for Lark, referring to the spur on both flower and bird's foot. Both of our native species have gray-green leaves, typically compound and divided.
Height is a bit larger, coming in at just over a foot.
Habit is more open and lax when the species gets much beyond that height. Flower color is pink with yellow tips and by far the most attractive of the two so far described. C. lutea , the European yellow corydalis, is probably the most popular and well known. Corydalis lutea is very close to evergreen in this area. Reaching about a foot in height, it is bushy and dense with small leaves.