Curvepod Fumewort
Corydalis curvisiliquanative · Hill Country
Curvepod Fumewort is a perennial wildflower native to the Texas Hill Country that grows 0.5–1 ft tall and 16 ft wide. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in Feb–Apr. Deer rarely browse it. Good for birds.
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The facts
4 sources- Type
- Perennial wildflower
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
- Water
- Low
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spread
- 16 ft
- Bloom
- Feb–Apr · yellow
- Foliage
- Deciduous or dies back in winter
- Soil
- Takes clay · recorded on dry, gravelly, sand
- Deer
- High — deer rarely browse it
- Wildlife
- Supports birds
Where it grows
Recorded in these EPA Level IV ecoregions in the Austin and Hill Country launch area:
Balcones CanyonlandsLlano UpliftEdwards Plateau WoodlandNorthern Blackland PrairieSouthern Post Oak SavannaSan Antonio Prairie
12 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).
Can you buy it?
Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.