Rock Harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens (L.) Pers.)

I found this delightful little wildflower at the back of my veggie garden this spring. I had no idea what it was until I did a little research.

This native wildflower apparently prefers poor, gravelly soil with a pH below 6.8 and likes to grow in partial shade. While the soil it is growing in now is gravelly, it isn't acidic, and the location certainly isn't in the shade.

I haven't moved it to my flower bed yet, but I intend to do that soon. From what I have read, it self-seeds and forms a rosette of leaves the first year and blooms the following year.

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Happy Gardening . . .