Herba perennis, glauca vel pilosula; radix crassius ad apicem divisis. Folia radicalia. 6-15 cm longa, caules circa aequilonga, fere nuda vel 1-foliata. Foliis bipinnatisectis, longe petiolatis, 3-5-jugis; pinna ovato-orbiculata, brevi petiolulata, 1-2 cm diam., saepius 3-lobulata, lobulis sessils vel subsessilis, rursus 1-3 lobulatis: segmentis ultimis brevis tennis ovato-oblongis, 2-5 (-7) mm longis, 1-2 mm latis, ad apicem subrotundatis vel minute mucronulatis. Racemis 10-15-floris, laxis, bracteatis; bracteis elongatis, 10-20 mm longis, integris vel ad apicem valde dissectis, segmentis linearis, 1.5-3 mm longis, 0.5-1 mm latis. Flores flavi ad apicem purpurei, c. 20 mm longi; calcaris 12-15 mm longis, cylindricis ad basin cvrvatis. Petalis posterioris dorse crinatis, ad apicem minute mucronatis, carinis irregulare dentatis; petalis anterioris simile crinatis, ad basin haud saccatis. Pedicelis 10-25 mm longis, in fructu deflexis, filiformis. Capsulis oblongis, 12-15 (-17) mm longis, 2-2.5 mm latis, ad apicem rotundatis, ad basin cuneatis, deflexis; stylis 3-3.5 mm longis ad apicem curvatis, stigmatic dilatatis; valvis mid-nervis distinctis, minute pilosis; semina c. 1.5 mm diam., biseriata.
Valde affinis Corydalis crithmifoliae Royle sed segmentis ultimis foliis brevis, ovato oblongis, bracteis inferioris valde dissectis, sepalis 2 mm diam., denticulatis, albo-membranaceis differt. Habitu valde similis Corydalis tibeticae Hook. f. & Thoms. et Corydalis sikkimensi (Prain) Fedde, sed calcaris et fructis longis, tenusis differt.
Fl.Per.: May-Aug.
Type: Kashmir, Baltistan, Hushe valley, c. 4000 m., on rocks, 11.VI.1955, Webster & Nasir 6057 (RAW).
Distribution: Kashmir.
Very similar to Corydalis crithmifolia Royle but bracts linearly much dissected to entire, leaves more glaucous, minutely pilose with leaf segments different and ultimate lobes short. It may also be confused with Corydalis tibetica Hook. f. & Thoms. and Corydalis sikkimensis (Prain) Fedde, but long spur and capsules are distinctive.
