Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Fumaria muralis subsp. muralis
Common name
Wall fumitory, Fumitory
Family
Papaveraceae
Where found
Roadsides, gardens, and other moist disturbed sites. Sydney area and the ACT. Widespread elsewhere but not common.
Notes
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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