Biennial herbs found on bright forest floor and at forest edges in mountains and also in flatlands. The Japanese name is Murasaki-keman was named after the flower resembles keman which is the flower wreath decorated on Buddhist alter. The entire plant is soft but emit bad odor when scratched. Radical leaves grow covering ground and spent winter. In spring, stem grows upright and bloom many flowers about 1..5 cm long. Color of flowers is red-purple and similar to corydalis lineariloba and corydalis decumbens but this plant has finely toothed leaves like the leaves of carrots. The entire plants are poisonous and cause vomiting when eaten by mistake. In Mt. Takao, caterpillars of Japanese clouded apollo feed on leaves of this plant.

●Season　　Early April to about Mid May
●Height　　about20 to 50 cm
●Place　　Trail 1, Trail 3, Mt. Inari, Ura-Takao, Oku-Takao, Minami-Takao