Fumaria capreolata |
Fumaria vaillantii |
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white ramping fumitory |
earthsmoke, small fumitory |
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Habit | Plants 1-8 dm. | Plants 5-50 cm. |
Inflorescences | , excluding peduncle, 2-3.5 cm; bracteoles equaling or shorter than pedicels. |
, excluding peduncle, 1-4.5 cm; bracteoles 1/2-3/4 as long as pedicels. |
Flowers | pedicel rigidly arcuate-recurved in fruit, ca. 3 mm; corolla 9-14 mm, spur 2-3 mm; outer petals white; inner petals white near base, deep red or dark purple apically. |
pedicel straight and spreading to ascending in fruit, 1-3 mm; corolla 5-6 mm, spur 1-1.5 mm; petals pink or deep pink near base, deep pink or purple apically. |
Capsules | globose, slightly compressed, 2-2.5 mm diam., smooth or nearly so. |
subglobose, frequently longer than broad, 1.7-2.5 mm diam., slightly wrinkled or shallowly pitted. |
2n | = 64. |
= 32. |
Fumaria capreolata |
Fumaria vaillantii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Waste places, ditches, cultivated fields | Open, disturbed places |
Elevation | 0-50 m (0-200 ft) | |
Distribution |
FL; sw Europe; n Africa [Introduced in North America]
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ND; SD; Europe; w Asia; n Africa [Introduced in North America]
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Discussion | The description here is taken in part from Flora of the Great Plains (Great Plains Flora Association 1986), where the specific epithet is misspelled "vaillentii," supplemented by measurements from specimens of European origin in the Harvard University Herbaria. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3, p. 357. |
Parent taxa | Fumariaceae > Fumaria | Fumariaceae > Fumaria |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 701. (1753) | Loiseleur Deslongchamps: J. Bot. (Desvaux) 2: 358. (1809) |
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