Corydalis cava

English: Bulbous Corydalis - Hollowroot
Nederlands: Holwortel
Español: Aristoloquia hueca - Apios de algunos - Aristoloquia pequeña
Français: Corydale creuse - Corydale à tubercule creux - Fumeterre creuse
Deutsch: Hohle Lerchensporn - Hohlknolliger Lerchensporn

Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family
Flowering time: March-May
Height: 15-30cm
Altitude:
Colour: pinkish, purple, white
Leaves: bluish green, alternate bipinnate leaves
Habitat: woods, hegderows, cultivated land
Distribution: central Europe
Synonym: Corydalis bulbosa






Notes: In some countries Corydalis cava is cultivated in gardens. It is naturalized in Belgium, Great Britain and the Netherlands amongst others. Similar to Solid-tubered Corydalis, but distinguished from this species by the absence of a bract-like scale at the base of the stem and by the undivided bracts.

Related key words: Stinsenlaantje Kralingse Bos Rotterdam, stinsenplant, stinzenplant, stinzenflora, Stinsenplanze, plantes castrales

Corydalis solida

English: Solid-tubered Corydalis - Fumewort - Bird in a Bush
Nederlands: Vingerhelmbloem - Vastwortelige helmbloem - Vogeltje-op-de-kruk
Español: Coridal
Français: Corydale à bulbe plein - Corydale à tubercule plein
Deutsch: Gefingerte Lerchensporn - Finger-Lerchensporn - Vollwurz-Lerchensporn

Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family
Flowering time: March-April
Height: 10-25cm
Altitude: to 2200m
Colour: pale purple, rarely white
Leaves: ternate leaves that are arranged opposite one another, bluish green to grey-green
Habitat: woodland habitats, roadsides, hedgerows
Distribution: native to north and central Europe
Synonyms: Corydalis solida subsp. solida - Corydalis halleri - Corydalis transsylvanica






Notes: The siliques of Solid-tubered Corydalis ripen in May and June. The seeds are spread by ants and for this purpose they have small appendices that serve as food for these insects. Corydalis solida is widely cultivated and is an occasional garden esape, particularly in southern England. In the Netherlands it is native to the south and introduced and naturalized in other parts of the country.

Corydalis solida is a larval food plant of Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne) a butterfly that can be found in mountainous areas in many different countries in Europe. In the Spanish Pyrenees both this flower and butterfly can be found for example in la Sarra (Sallent de Gállego).

Related key words: Stinsenlaantje Kralingse Bos Rotterdam, Spaar en Hout Haarlem, stinsenplant, stinzenplant, stinzenflora, Stinsenplanze, plantes castrales, Oza (Hecho), La Sarra (Sallent de Gállego), Pineta (Bielsa), Alps

Chelidonium majus

English: Greater Celandine - Tetterwort - Nipplewort - Swallowwort
Nederlands: Stinkende gouwe
Español: Celidonia mayor - Hierba golondrinera - Hierba berruguera
Français: Grande Chélidoine - Grande Éclaire - Chélidoine majeure
Deutsch: Schöllkraut

Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family
Flowering time: April-autum
Height: 20-90cm
Altitude: to 1600m
Colour: bright yellow
Leaves: pale greyish-green
Habitat: waste round, open woodland, hedgebanks, old walls, moist-shaded habitats
Distribution: most countries of Europe







Notes: The seeds of Greater Celandine are small and black, borne in a long capsule. Each has an elaiosome, which attracts ants to disperse the seeds. Cultivated since medieval times, the latex being used for curing warts and as an eye ointment. It is considered an invasive plant in some areas.

Related key words: Rotterdam, Kralingse Bos, Botanische tuin Kralingen, Amsterdam, stadsflora, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, Picos de Europa, Sierra Nevada, Sierra de Huétor, Granada, Andalucía

Papaver lapeyrousianum

English: Sierra Nevada Poppy
Nederlands:
Español: Amapola de Sierra Nevada
Français:
Deutsch:

Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family
Flowering time: first fortnight of July to second week of August
Height: 5-20cm
Altitude: 3200-3450m (Sierra Nevada) and 2000-3062m (Pyrenees)
Colour: orange
Habitat: rock slabs, scree, schists
Distribution: endemic of the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada and Pyrenees
Notes: A rare, delicate, endemic, endangered plant, threatened by extinction; main threats are grazing of ibex and tourism. On the ´Lista Roja de la Flora Vascular de Andalucía´. In Sierra Nevada it can be found close to the top of the Mulhacén, with 3478m the highest peak of the Iberian peninsula.




Related key words: Sierra Nevada, Mulhacén, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos

Meconopsis cambrica

English: Welsh Poppy
Nederlands: Schijnpapaver
Español: Amapola amarilla - Ababol amarilla
Français: Pavot du Pays de Galles - Pavot jaune
Deutsch: Wald-Scheinmohn - Kambrischer Scheinmohn

Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family
Flowering time: April-September
Height: 15-40cm
Altitude: to 2000m
Colour: yellow
Habitat: moist shaded habitats, woodland, hedgebanks, old walls, streamsides, rocky places
Distribution: Native of western Europe, mountains of the Iberian Peninsula, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central and a number of western parts of the British Isles.
Synonyms: Papaver cambricum - Argemone cambrica






Notes: It has been widely naturalized outside its native range, for example in the Netherlands and Germany where it has colonised the urban environment.

Related key words: Rotterdam, Botanische tuin kralingen, Pyrenees, Pyreneeën, Pirineos, LLanos del Hospital (Benasque)

Papaver rhoeas

English: Common Poppy - Corn poppy - Red poppy
Nederlands: Grote klaproos
Español: Amapola silvestre
Français: Coquelicot
Deutsch: Klatschmohn - Mohnblume - Klatschrose

Family: Papaveraceae - Poppy family
Flowering time: May-August
Height: 0,20-0,60cm
Altitude: to 1800m
Colour: red, scarlet
Habitat: cultivated fields, waste places, field boundaries, roadsides
Distribution: native of most countries of Europe








Notes: A symbol of fallen soldiers, the Common Poppy is worn in remembrance of World War I. Between July and November 2014 888,246 ceramic poppies were placed around the Tower of London. Each poppy representing the life of a soldier from Britain or the Commonwealth lost in World War I, this installation is called 'Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red’. Poppies are a popular subject for artists.
Related key words: Rotterdam, Vlindertuin Waalre, Alpujarras, finca, butterfly, London