Myrmecochory (seed dispersal by ants) is also observed in other Fumariaceae[5] and has evolved independently in many other plant genera as well.

[6] Corydalis nobilis, first described based on seeds sent to Linnaeus from Siberia, is now dispersed as an ornamental plant.

It prefers moist soil in spring, drier in summer, and does well in full sun or partial shade.

Linnaeus had seen a drawing of Lamprocapnos spectabilis (old-fashioned bleeding heart) in the thesis of a Russian student who was describing many Siberian plants.

The seeds were sent to Linnaeus by his friend Erich Laxmann; they originated from a Siberian mountaintop in the northwestern Altai Range.