Citation: Bernh., Linnaea 8:471 (1833) subsp. spicata.

Synonymy: Fumaria spicata L., Sp. Pl. 985 (1753).

Common name: None

Description:
Annual with few erect branches from the base around which the leaves are clustered; leaves bi- to almost tripinnatisect and with lobes mucronulate, glaucous.

Inflorescence terminal racemes or spikes often partly covered by the upper leaves, with pedicels c. 1 mm or less; bracts recurved, up to twice as long as the pedicels; sepals 1.5-2 mm long, about one-third of the length of the petals, entire to slightly denticulate; petals 5-6 mm long, white to cream often tinged pink and with a dark-purple apex.

Fruit obovate to almost circular, considerably flattened laterally, irregularly granulate.

Distribution:    Native to south-western Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: Known only from one specimen collected near Balaklava.

Author: Not yet available