Flora of North America species comparison

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Fumaria vaillantii

earthsmoke, small fumitory
Habit Plants 5-50 cm.
Inflorescences

, excluding peduncle, 1-4.5 cm;

bracteoles 1/2-3/4 as long as pedicels.
Flowers

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

subglobose, frequently longer than broad, 1.7-2.5 mm diam., slightly wrinkled or shallowly pitted.
2n

= 32.

Fumaria vaillantii
Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Open, disturbed places
Distribution
from FNA
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.)
Source FNA vol. 3, p. 357.
Parent taxa Fumariaceae > Fumaria
Sibling taxa
F. capreolata, F. officinalis
Name authority Loiseleur Deslongchamps: J. Bot. (Desvaux) 2: 358. (1809)
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