Corydalis caucasica DC. subsp. abantensis Lidén Abanttarlakuşu (in Turkish)

Corydalis caucasica DC. subsp. abantensis Lidén - Abanttarlakuşu (in Turkish)

Scientific Description:

Tuber simple, ± spherical, 9−14 × 8−12 mm. Stems erect or ascending-erect, often branched at the base, bearing 1 yellowish scale leaf. Leaves 1(−2) × ternate, the segments broadly ovate, palmatifid into oblong to narrowly obovate laciniae, petioles not sheathing. Inflorescence lax, 4−9-flowered, bracts entire, narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, semiamplexicaul, exceeding the fruiting pedicels. Flowers purple with white or yellow markings. Capsule very narrowly elliptic to very narrowly obovate to almost linear, 6−11 × 1−2 mm.

Flowering time: April.

Habitat: Scrub, etc., c.1000 m.

Reference:

Davis PH & Cullen J (1965). Corydalis caucasica DC., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1: 239.

Public Description:

Corydalis caucasica subsp. abantensis, commonly known as “abanttarlakuşu” in Turkish, is endemic to Türkiye. It is a bulbous perennial herb with purple flowers. It blooms April and found in shrub.

References:

Aslan S (2012). CorydalisVent., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 660–662.