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Hoepian Flora– Suncup (Feroeranthis iclanis)

It is one of the prickliest plants of all of Hoep! The yellow flowers are surrounded by hard, pointy red sepals, four of its 12 purple-pink leaves are covered in sharp defensive spines, and even the delicious tubers are covered with painful thorns as a defense against hungry animals and travellers. It is found only in the in melted winterspring zones of the Icelands, and is usually found growing in very close proximity to Snow Candles. Boiling the tubers of Suncups softens the thorns, making the starchy tuber easier to eat as a bite-sized snack. Harvesting the said tuber without getting pricked however is a different issue entirely.