Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Fumaria muralis subsp. muralis
Wall fumitory, Fumitory
Papaveraceae
Roadsides, gardens, and other moist disturbed sites. Sydney area and the ACT. Widespread elsewhere but not common.
Introduced annual herb, to 0.3 m tall or sprawling. Stems hairless or slightly glaucous. Leaves alternating along the stems, about 3 cm long, about 15-35 mm wide overall, hairless or slightly glaucous, dissected, fern-like, the largest ultimate segments to about 0.6 cm long, about 3-8 mm wide. Flowers 9-11 mm long, with 2 small white or pink sepals, one on either side of the flower, and 4 petals forming 2 lips, pink or reddish with purple to blackish tips, sometimes pale throughout, in clusters of 7-15 flowers or more, the clusters at least as long as the flower stalk. Self-pollinating flowers often much smaller. Seed cases usually smooth, sometimes finely wrinkled when dry. Flowers Winter to Summer.
Family was Fumariaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl= sp&name=Fumaria~muralis (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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