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
- 0.5–0.67 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
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, VA, WV