Corydalis aurea (scrambled eggs, golden smoke, golden corydalis) is a flowering plant in the poppy family (Papaveraceae), native to North America. A winter annual, it can be found in such areas as the sagebrush steppe. The root is a branching caudex. Stems are decumbent, to 40 cm long, with blue-green leaves divided into leaflets with oval or diamond lobes. The flowers are bilaterally symmetrical, yellow, 1 cm long, with a pouch-like spur at the bottom of the petals, borne in racemes of up to 30 flowers, each on a short stem. The flowers have four petals and six stamens. The fruits are cylindrical capsules.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Corydalis aurea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Corydalis aurea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections5
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCorydalis aurea carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 326≤1 km 408≤10 km 183>10 km 190
3 107 georeferenced · 834 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 941
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Coordinate accuracy38% within 1 km
≤100 m 83≤1 km 264≤10 km 458>10 km 101
906 georeferenced · 1 121 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 027
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions82 of 118 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ASUlocation not on record
144
Bronx, US
122
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
110
Logan, US
110
Albuquerque, US
107
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
83
Flagstaff, US
80
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
76
Vancouver, CA
75
Denver, US
67
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
65
EL PASO, US
54
Phoenix, US
53
Missoula, US
45
Bozeman, US
34
Moscow, US
34
Burlington, US
33
Riverside, US
31
WINlocation not on record
30
US
30
Provo, US
26
Ann Arbor, US
25
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
23
Pocatello, US
23
Bloomington, US
22
Claremont, US
21
Emporia, US
20
Victoria, CA
18
Lubbock, US
17
Green Bay, US
15
Spearfish, US
15
Québec, CA
15
Université Lavallocation not on record
14
BAYLUlocation not on record
13
Hermosillo, MX
13
Boise, US
13
Fort Worth, US
12
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
12
Pullman, US
12
Durango, US
11
Toronto, CA
11
Dekalb, US
10
San Luis Obispo, US
10
Mexico City, MX
10
USFSlocation not on record
9
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
9
Saint Louis, US
9
San Angelo, US
8
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
8
IDElocation not on record
8
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
7
St. Paul, US
7
Grand Junction, US
7
Tampa, US
6
Chadron, US
6
Mexico City, MX
6
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
5
Mississippi State, US
5
Whitehorse, CA
5
Pittsburg, US
5
Davenport, US
5
Tempe, US
5
Madison, US
5
Fullerton, US
5
Henderson, US
4
Orem, US
4
Santa Barbara, US
4
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
4
Philadelphia, US
4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
4
Anchorage, US
4
Austin, US
4
Yukon Universitylocation not on record
4
San Diego, US
4
Corvallis, US
3
Paris, FR
3
Auckland, NZ
3
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
Denton, US
3
Guasave, MX
3
US
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Cambridge, US
2
Bourges, FR
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
2
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
2
Caldwell, US
2
Durham, US
1
Baltimore, US
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Los Angeles, US
1
DULlocation not on record
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
GB
1
Mérida, MX
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
Cslocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
New Brunswick, US
1
Baroda, IN
1
Beijing, CN
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Northridge, US
1
DOI/FWS, Kenai National Wildlife Refugelocation not on record
1
Bend, US
1
Tacoma, US
1
Ashland, US
1
Olocation not on record
1
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
1
Portland, US
1
118 institutions · 2 004 of 2 027 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Corydalis aurea was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Detections DNA found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Sagebrush steppe
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median8.40 °C 8.00–8.70
Seasonal swing summer↔winter32.8 °C
Max temp (day)12.8 °C 12.3–13.9
Min temp (night)2.20 °C 1.80–2.40
Precipitation39.1 mm/mo 27.2–44.3
Air humidity52.6 % 52.4–55.4
Moisture balance-66.9 mm/mo -72.7–-53.9
Vapour deficit527 Pa 485–534
Wind speed2.10 m/s 1.80–2.50
Cloud cover42.6 % 36.5–45.6
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 969 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗