Family | PAPAVERACEAE |
Genus species | Corydalis cava (L.) Schweigg. & Körte sect. Radix-Cava |
Bibliography | Fl. Erlang. 2: 44 (1811) |
Native Range | Europe to Transcaucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 200-2000m |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, minute, broad, bi- or triternate, ultimate segments cuneate, sharply dentate, raceme cylindrical, flowers numerous, spur thick, obtuse |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pink, purple, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | ind |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Borckhausenia cava (L.) Gaertn. & al. Bulbocapnos cava Bernh. Bulbocapnos tuberosus Spach Capnites cava (L.) Dumort Capnites roseopurpureus Rupr. Capnoides cava (L.) Moench Capnoides tuberosa (DC.) Lyons Corydalis albiflora Kit. ex Schult. Corydalis bulbosa ssp. cava (L.) Bonnier & Layens Corydalis cava f. albiflora (Kit. ex Schult.) P.D.Sell Corydalis cava var. bicalcarata Neuman Corydalis cava f. scabricaulis Zsák Corydalis pseudocava Pantoc. Corydalis stummeri Pant. Corydalis tuberosa DC. Fumaria albiflora (Kit.) Kit. Fumaria bulbosa Mill. Fumaria bulbosa var. cava L. Fumaria bulbosa ssp. cava (L.) Ehrh. Fumaria cava Mill. Fumaria major Roth Fumaria media (Roth) DC. Pistolochia cava (L.) Bernh. Pistolochia cava f. scabricaulis (Zsák) Sutorý Pseudo-fumaria major (Roth) Borck. |
Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, BLT Baltic States, RUC Central European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) |