岩生紫堇亚属 yan sheng zi jin ya shu

Corydalis sect. Cremnocapnos Wendelbo in K. H. Rechinger, Fl. Iran. 110: 10. 1974.

Herbs, perennial (sometimes short-lived), usually with remnants of dry petioles and stems at base. Bracts lanceolate, small, scarious, entire or often dentate. Petals not or only slightly fused to each other at base; spur obtuse, always less than 1/2 as long as corolla, and frequently only 1/5 as long; inner petals with narrow dorsal crest. Capsule not explosively dehiscent; replum frequently persistent on pedicel.

Twenty-seven species: C Asia from Iran eastward to W China; 14 species (eight endemic) in China.