3 wild flowers ID + 2 confirmations (please)

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  1. lettuce

    lettuce Active Member

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    hi again...
    here's me with some more wild flowers that I've been having a hard time identifying. Hope you can sort it out for me.

    1. I believe it's a Corydalis solida
    2. Is it C.solida as well? Or it has a different name because of the white flowers?
    As for the last three photos... I don't have any clues about those.
     

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  2. Michael F

    Michael F Paragon of Plants Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    First two look to be the same species on similar leaf form, most Corydalis have variable flower colour purple/white.

    #3 is Wood Anemone Anemone nemorosa.

    #4 is a species of Gagea, perhaps G. lutea.

    #5 is either Cardamine pratensis or C. palustris.
     
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    michael, thank you for help, especially for #4 and #5!
    btw, I can't believe I missed A.nemorosa (where was I looking:))

    thanx again, really appreciate it!
     
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    Silver surfer Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    3. The leaf shape and flower suggest Anemonella thalictroides.Pretty sure it is not Anemone nemorosa.Hope this helps.
     
  5. Robert Flogaus-Faust

    Robert Flogaus-Faust Active Member 10 Years

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    I am sure that the Corydalis photographs do not show Corydalis solida. Corydalis solida has deeply lobed bracts (see e. g. my photograph http://www.flogaus-faust.de/e/corysol2.htm) and it has very rarely white flowers. I believe that both of the Corydalis images show Corydalis cava (see e.g. my image http://www.flogaus-faust.de/e/corycav6.htm) which has usually entire bracts. For this species mixed populations of white-flowered and red-flowered specimens are very common. The anemone-like flower is actually Isopyrum thalictroides (which is probably synonym to Anemonella thalictroides). The leaves of the Gagea species look rather atypical for Gagea lutea because they are obviously keeled and rather narrow. Therefore this might be a different species. Gagea is a rather difficult genus.
     

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