Corydalis caucasica
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PapaveraceaeRoots
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Root- starch
The root starch is edible and can be used to extend bread flour after removing the bitter element, serving as a famine food.
Where to Find It
Fumaria are mostly in damp cool locations.
Caucasus, Europe, France, Turkey, Türkiye,
Countries: Andorra, Albania, Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Sweden, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Turkey, Ukraine
How to Identify
A herb. It has a tuberous rootstock that divides each year. The stems are 13 cm tall. The leaves are pale green. The flowers are pink, purple or white and they have an expanded lip.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Corydalis caucasica is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae, native to the Caucasus and northern Turkey.
Notes
There are about 60 Fumaria species. These have previously been in the Fumaraceae family. There is some confusion over the name Fumaria bulbosa - wiith different authorities - one illegitimate.
Names & Synonyms
Capnites caucasicus Rupr.Corydalis solida var. caucasica Jordanov & KozuharovFumaria bulbosa Gueldenst. ex Ledeb. [Illegitimate]Fumaria fabacea M.Bieb
Fumaria intermedia Gueldenst. ex Ledeb.
References (2)
- PARMENTIER, (As Fumaria bulbosa)
- Sp. pl. 2:699. 1753, nom. rej. - a rejected name (nomen utique rejiciendum) under ICBN Art. 56 that is unavailable for use (As Fumaria bulbosa)
