Camouflage is a common defensive strategy among animals. By modifying their coloration and patterning, animals evade predators or ambush prey. Notably, more than 40% of alpine plant species in the ...

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When it comes to treating pain, a new study suggests traditional Chinese medicine has been getting it right for thousands of years. A chemical compound found in the underground tubers of the Corydalis ...

Root extracts from the flowering herbal plant Corydalis yanhusuo, or YHS, has widely used for centuries as a pain treatment. Yet few studies have investigated how it works on different forms of pain, ...

A cluster of yellow corydalis flowers all in bloom. - mizy/Shutterstock Set your garden up for success by mastering one small pruning habit that can make all the difference for your corydalis ...

Blue-flowering Corydalis, related to poppies, is among the most attractive of spring-blooming perennials. The botanical name means crested lark and refers to the birdlike appearance of the attractive ...

Some of my best plantings are not my doing. My role, in these cases, has been to recognize the plants’ qualities and then leave well enough alone. Those pastel-pink columbines that look so pretty in ...

Some of my best plantings are not my doing. My role, in these cases, has been to recognize the plants’ qualities and then leave well enough alone. Those pastel-pink columbines that look so pretty in ...

AFTER THIS winter of freezing and flooding, our early-spring gardens seem especially precious. So many plants have frozen or drowned since November, we’ll be out there worshipping any plant brave ...

Set your garden up for success by mastering one small pruning habit that can make all the difference for your corydalis (Corydalis lutea) flowers. These flowers are one of the many perennials that ...