Fumaria capreolata

Fumaria capreolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Genus: Fumaria
Species: F. capreolata
Binomial name
Fumaria capreolata
L.[1]
Synonyms

Fumaria officinalis L. var. capreolata (L.) Ewart

Fumaria capreolata, the white ramping fumitory,[2] is an herbaceous annual plant in the poppy family Papaveraceae. It is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa and naturalised in southern Australia, New Zealand, and southern South America.[3] Common names include climbing fumitory, ramping fumitory, white fumitory, white ramping fumitory and white-flower fumitory.[3]

Description

Plants have stems to 1 metre long and sometimes climb. The leaves are pinnatisect. Inflorescences comprise up to 20 purple-tipped white to cream flowers that appear in spring and summer. These gradually become pink after pollination.[4]

Unlike other Fumaria species which are known as weeds of crops and agricultural areas, Fumaria capreolata can become naturalised in areas of natural vegetation and smother low-growing plants, becoming an environmental weed.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Fumaria capreolata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Fumaria capreolata". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Taxon: Fumaria capreolata L.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Fumaria capreolata L.". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  5. ↑ "Climbing fumitory Fumaria capreolata – Weeds of Australia Biosecurity Queensland Edition". Queensland Government. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
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