Pale Corydalis
By Lise Fracalossi
aka rock harlequin
Corydalis sempervirens (Capnoides sempervirens)
Native to: All of New England
Life cycle: Annual (rarely biennial)
Light: Full/Partial Sun
Soil Moisture: Medium-Dry to Dry
Height: 2-3’
Spacing: 12-18”
Blooms: May-September
Bloom Color: Pink
Natural Habitat: Rocky outcrops, quarries, and disturbed dry, gravelly areas
Benefits: Attracts Bees, Attracts Butterflies, Low Maintenance
“An attractive annual native for rocky, shallow-soil sites and cooler climates. Easy to start from seed, it has light to dark pink tubular flowers with bright yellow tips and greenish-blue leaves - a real stand out in the garden! If planting seed late spring or early summer they can be biennial. With natural seed dispersal, fall or early spring plantings are annual. It could fill in any bare spot in a sun or semi-shade garden quite quickly, and will seed readily”
– Prairie Moon Nursery
“A delicate biennial wildflower with a low rosette of pale greenish-blue foliage during the first summer. In late spring of the second year, delicate branching stems are abundant with tiny pink and yellow tubular flowers. It thrives in disturbed areas with exposed, gravelly soils. Will self-seed with these conditions.”
– Wild Seed Project
