Family: Papaveraceae
Fumaria bastardii
Citation:
Boreau in Duchartre, Rev. Bot. 2:359 (1847).
Synonymy: Fumaria officinalis Common name: Bastards fumitory.
Description:
Herb with often robust branches 3-4 mm thick, little-branched mainly from the base.
Racemes shorter than the peduncle, with 14-25 flowers densely clustered; bracts 2.5-3 mm long, about two-thirds of the length of the flowering pedicels; sepals 2-3 x 1-2 mm, usually shallowly serrate, pink; petals (incl. spur) 9-12 mm long, pale-pink to darker above and deep-purple at the apex of the 2 lateral petals.
Fruit on erect pedicels, c. 2.5 mm diam., almost spherical, with a rounded apex, slightly keeled, irregularly granulate.
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Image source: fig 205b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Ross-Craig (1948) Drawings Brit. Pl. 2:pl. 16.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI. N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Native to Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: June — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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