The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 48 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44 DIGENTRA CANADENSIS (Goldie) Walp. Turkey com, squirrel corn. Fumariaceae.—A low, stemless, smooth herb 5 to 10 inches tall, perennial; rhizome slender, scaly, creeping, bearing clusters of pealike or kernel-like yellow- tubers; leaves ternately compound, 10 to 12 inches long; leaflets glaucous beneath, deeply cut into numerous linear lobes; flowers greenish-white tinged with rose, somewhat flattened and heart-shaped, 4 to 10 in a loose raceme at the end of a slender flower stalk.
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 48 ILLINOIS NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY Circular 44 DIGENTRA CANADENSIS (Goldie) Walp. Turkey com, squirrel corn. Fumariaceae.—A low, stemless, smooth herb 5 to 10 inches tall, perennial; rhizome slender, scaly, creeping, bearing clusters of pealike or kernel-like yellow- tubers; leaves ternately compound, 10 to 12 inches long; leaflets glaucous beneath, deeply cut into numerous linear lobes; flowers greenish-white tinged with rose, somewhat flattened and heart-shaped, 4 to 10 in a loose raceme at the end of a slender flower stalk. (Above ground, this plant greatly resembles Dicentra Cucullaria (L.) Torr., Dutchman's breeches, which is sometimes collected, also.) The bulbous tubers are collected. Com- mon, but usually not abundant, on rich, wooded slopes throughout the state. Contains several alkaloids, including corydaline and the toxic cuculiarine. Used as a tonic, diuretic, and alterative.
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