The botanical name of fumewort plant
is Corydalis solida. The fumewort plant is a wonderful shade perennial plant.
Actually, shade perennial plants are exciting. Like I said, the fumewort plant
is a shade perennial plant and is a non-native perennial that will really add
interest to your shady garden nooks with its mauve-pink, purple, or white
tubular flowers on racemes above mounds of deeply divided, fern-like
grayish-green foliage. Continue reading
to learn more about fumewort plant.
Fumewort Plant Info
The fumewort plant was originally
named Fumaria bulbosa var. solida in 1753 by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus and
then it was changed in 1771 to the species Fumaria solida by Philip Miller.
These early classifications in the genus Fumaria actually help explain why it
is called fumewort. The plant was later reclassified in 1811 into the genus
Corydalis by French botanist Joseph Philippe de Clairville. The plant is native
to moist shady woodlands in Asia and Northern Europe, this spring ephemeral
blooms in late April to early May and grows up to eight to ten inches tall. You
may be wondering what is meant by the descriptor “spring ephemeral.” This
alludes to a plant that emerges swiftly in the spring at the first hint of warm
weather and then dies back, entering dormancy, after a short growth period. The
fumewort plant, for example, dies back after flowering and then disappears
sometime in early June. The advantage of ephemerals like common fumewort plant
is that they leave space for other plants to bloom later. The plant is rated
for USDA hardiness zones four through eight. The fumewort plant is attractive
because it is deer resistant with showy blooms that lure numerous pollinators.
On the flipside, however, the plant is identified as an alkaloid containing
plant and, as such, is considered poisonous to grazing livestock such as horses
and goats, and potentially to other beloved pets if they were to ingest a part
of the plant. Unless you deadhead the flowers, be prepared for volunteer plants
because the plant does self-seed. The fumewort plant seeds that are produced
are shiny and black with a small fleshy white elaiosome attached. The fumewort plant
seed is dispersed by ants who covet the elaiosome as a food source.
How to Grow Fumewort Plants
The fumewort plants are ideally grown
in a very rich, moist, well-draining soil in partial to full shade. If you’re actually
interested in adding the fumewort flowers to your garden, it can really be
achieved in a few different ways.
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