Family: Papaveraceae
Fumaria densiflora
Citation:
DC., Cat. Pl. Hort. Bot. Monsp. 113 (1813).
Synonymy: F. micrantha Lagasca, Gen. Sp. Pl. 21 (1816).
Common name: Dense-flowered fumitory.
Description:
Herb with the main branches rarely thicker than 2-3 mm, little-branched mainly from the base, with the petioles of the cauline leaves usually absent.
Racemes longer and often several times longer than the fruiting peduncles, with 20-27 flowers usually densely clustered; bracts subentire to dentate, pink; petals (incl. spur) c. 6 mm rarely c. 7 mm long, pink, reddish-pink to purplish-black at the apex of the petals.
fruits on short erect pedicels, 2-2.5 mm diam., spherical or almost so, with a rounded apex, more or less keeled, irregularly granulate.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 315.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL. W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Native to Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: July — 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:
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