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Anyone know a common name for this?

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Witzend Sun 21-Jul-19 14:41:49
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Officially a weed I suppose, but I like it - seeds itself every year and flowers for ages by walls and fences. Little yellow flowers and leaves a bit like maidenhair fern.

I know the Latin name is Corydalis lutea - does anyone know a common name for it? It's quite common so I'd have thought there must be one.
Thank you, any wise ones!

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sharon103 Sun 21-Jul-19 14:49:40

I would like to know too witzend. I have a large clump growing around the base of my birdbath. I assumed it was a weed. It's been there for a few years but it is pretty.

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rockgran Sun 21-Jul-19 14:53:43

Yellow fumitory? Difficult to get rid of if you let if get too well established.

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Witzend Sun 21-Jul-19 15:11:03

That's it, thank you!
I just googled it and in fact several places offer it for sale, so perhaps I shouldn't have called it a weed - rather a wild flower. I'm happy for it to flourish here - it's happy in shady spots and goes on for months with a lovely splash of colour where it was bare before.

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BradfordLass72 Mon 22-Jul-19 08:34:56

Fumewort (and other names)

Amazingly its related to the poppy family.

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