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Old 27-06-2013, 07:28 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Emrys Davies Emrys Davies is offline
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Default Can you identify this plant?


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It is growing in front of a disused garage door on a car park. It is in
in full bloom and is quite striking. I have never seen it before during
my long lifetime.

It is about 1' x 1' and is literally covered in rich yellow trumpet like
flowers which are about half an inch long. There are about twelve
flowers in a cluster at the end of each stem and the foliage is similar
to this
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...d=0CI0BEPwdMAo.


A maidenhair fern it ain't - they have sort of triangular leaves like a
ginkgo, and very thin black stems.

If your plant has pinkish, fleshy stems, and little yellow flowers, it's
no doubt a Corydalis luteo, a relative of Bleeding Heart, (Dicentris
spectabilis), and fumitory (Fumaria officionalis). They're all family
Papaveraceae.

HTH,

someone


Yes, its stems are of that colour. Thanks.