Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, ACT

Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, south coast, NSW

Flowers and leaves. Photo: Donald Hobern, Canberra, ACT

Common Name

Wall Fumitory

Family

Papaveraceae

Notes

Introduced annual forb, sprawling. Leaves alternating up the stems, about 3cm long, about 15-35mm wide overall, flat, dissected, carrot-like, each leaflet about 0.6cm long, about 6-8mm wide, hairless or slightly glaucous. Flowers tubular, with 4 petals forming 2 lips, pink or reddish with purple tips, in racemes of 7-15 flowers or more on stalks arising from the bases of the leaves. Flowers sometimes small and self-pollinating. Fumaria muralis ssp. muralis in NSW, SA, and Vic. Family Fumariaceae in NSW.

Differs from Fumaria bastardii in that the flowers are usually in groups of  7-15, and the fruiting body  is usually smooth, sometimes finely wrinkled when dry.

Differs from Fumaria bastardii in that the flowers are in groups of  7-15, and the fruiting body is not wrinkled when dry.

Differs from Fumaria capreolata in that the inflorescence is at least as long as the stalk.

Description and photo (as Fumaria muralis ssp. muralis) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 315

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Fumaria~muralis