Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Fumaria bastardii
Common name
Bastards fumitory, Fumitory
Family
Papaveraceae
Where found
Disturbed sites and moist areas. Sydney area and the ACT. Widespread elsewhere but not common.
Notes
Introduced annual herb or climber to 0.75 m tall. Leaves opposite each other and alternating up the stems, hairless, deeply dissected, appearing compound, fern-like, segments to 5 mm long and more than 2 mm wide. Flowers 7-13 mm long, with 2 small white or pink sepals, one on either side of the flower, and 4 petals (white or pink with or without purplish tips) forming 2 lips, in clusters of 15-25, the clusters at least as long as the flower stalk. Seed cases distinctly wrinkled when dry. Flowers all year.
Family was Fumariaceae.
PlantNETdescription: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Fumaria~bastardii (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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