Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Fumaria densiflora
Common name
Dense-flowered Fumitory, Narrow-leaved Fumitory
Family
Papaveraceae
Where found
Weed of pastures and crops. Mainly Western Slopes. Rarely elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced annual herb to 0.6 m high, spreading or erect. Stems glaucous, hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, hairless, channelled, deeply dissected, the largest ultimate segments to about 4 mm long, to 1 mm wide. Flowers 5.5–7 mm long overall, with 2 broad sepals to 3 mm long, one on either side of the flower, which are shed early, and 4 petals (usually deep pink, darker at the tip, the inner petals with a yellow streak down the middle) forming 2 lips. Flowers in clusters. Flowering: winter to spring.
Family was Fumariaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Fumaria~densiflora (accessed 17 January, 2021)
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