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Family: Fumariaceae
scrambled eggs, more, gold smoke, golden corydalis
[Capnoides aureum (Willd.) Kuntze, more, Corydalis washingtoniana Fedde]
 Max Licher 
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LEAVES: glaucous.
INFLORESCENCES: 8-20 flowered, included or exceeding the leaves.
FLOWERS: erect in bud, then spreading; pedicels 1-5 mm long; sepals 1-3 mm long; petals 14-18 mm long, yellow, the spurs 4-9 mm long; stamens ca. 5 mm long.
FRUITS: 12-24 mm long, usually curved, erect, spreading or pendant.
SEEDS: ca. 1 mm long, with or without marginal ring.
NOTES: 2 subsp. in AZ; AK to n. Mex., e to New England.
REFERENCES: Holiay, Susan, and Abril Perez. 2001. Commelinaceae. J. Ariz. – Nev. Acad. Sci. Volume 33(1).
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