紫堇组 zi jin zu

Herbs, annual, taprooted, with branched leafy stems. Bracts small. Flowers pink to amaranth. Stigma transverse, fusiform, each end with 1 erect papilla, above grooved. Capsule linear. Seeds lenticular, with 2 whitish dots flanking hilum area; elaiosome large, membranous, easily detached.

● One species: China, possibly also in Japan but confirmation needed.

Lower Taxon

• Corydalis edulis Maximowicz