Papaveraceae
Scrambled eggs
Corydalis aurea
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- Genus
- Corydalis
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Scrambled eggs
- French
- Corydale dorée
- nv
- Chooyin azeeʼ
- Swedish
- Småblommig nunneört
Synonyms
- Capnodes aureum (Willd.) Kuntze
- Capnoides aurea (Willd.) Kuntze
- Capnoides aurea var. occidentalis Hitchc.
- Capnoides engelmannii (Fedde) Cockerell
- Capnoides euchlamydea Wooton & Standl.
- Capnoides macrorrhiza (Fedde) Cockerell
- Capnoides wetherillii (Eastw.) A.Heller
- Corydalis aurea var. aurea
- Corydalis aurea var. macrantha Alph.Wood
- Corydalis aurea var. macrantha WOOD
- Corydalis aurea var. parviflora Regel
- Corydalis aurea var. robusta Fedde
- Corydalis engelmannii var. exaltata Fedde
- Corydalis eucblamydea (Wooton & Standl.) Fedde
- Corydalis oregana Fedde
- Corydalis tortisiliqua var. longibracteata Fedde
- Corydalis wetherillii Eastw.
- Corydalis wyomingensis var. lativaginata Fedde
- Fumaria aurea Muhl. ex Willd.
- Fumaria aurea (Willd.) Ker Gawl.
- Fumaria flavula Raf.
- Neckeria aurea (Willd.) Millsp.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.