• Family : Fumariaceae
  (Bleeding-Heart Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : PAPARA FAMILY (पापड़ा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Papaveraceae
• Synonym(s) : Capnoides cachemiriana Kuntze
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Corydalis cashmeriana Royle
• Common name : Blue Corydalis,Kashmir Corydalis
• Habit : Perennial herb
• Habitat : Alpine meadows, slopes in temperate to alpine Himalayas, altitude 2800-5500 m.
• Key identification features : Flowers blue with dark blue tips
• Flower, Fruit : April-September
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Valley of Flowers
  • Sikkim : East Sikkim (Gangtok) district
• Native : India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : India, Nepal, Tibet, West Himalaya
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 72; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 392; Oleg P & Adam S (1984). Flowers of Himalaya. Oxford University Press: 30; Nair, N. G (1977).Flora of Bashahr Himalayas. International Bioscience Publishers: 22
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Corydalis cashmeriana. Downloaded on 30 June 2022.

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