The Chinese weed Corydalis linstowiana (Papaveraceae) recorded for the first time in Belgium

Corydalis linstowiana Fedde is a Chinese species with a rather limited naturaldistribution (the western part of Sichuan). It is cultivated, although probably very rarely,as an ornamental plant and – thanks to its ‘explosive’ fruits – is sometimes observed in asubspontaneous or even locally naturalized state. It is often considered an undesirable xenophyterather than an ornamental plant. An apparently well-established population has beenobserved for some time now in Bruges (province of West Flanders), in and around a gardencentre. A closely related and ecologically similar species, C. incisa (T... Mehr ...