OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fumaria officinalis   FAMILY Fumariaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fumaria officinalis ssp. officinalis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fumaria officinalis ssp. officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Fumaria officinalis ssp. wirtgenii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Fumaria officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Fumaria officinalis ssp. officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Fumaria officinalis ssp. wirtgenii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-04-001:

Fumaria officinalis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Fumaria officinalis

 

COMMON NAME:
Fumitory, Earthsmoke


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image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_fuof_001_lvd

        

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

Melnichuk & Kovalivska 1972. Atlas of the most widespread weeds of the Ukraine    who_fumaria_officinalis

        

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

Keith Bradley    kab_f_officinalis_2302

March    Richland County    SC

Olympia Park

Corolla purplish, crimson at the tip; one petal with a spur at the base, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm130415_366

April    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Erect, branching, annual herb; stem and branches 8-40" long, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm130415_371

April    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Leaves compound; blade w 3-4 orders of leaflets and lobes, surfaces glabrous, per Flora of North America.


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image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm180405_1028

April    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm180405_1029

April    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm180405_1031

April    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm180405_1035

April    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm170502_0339

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm170502_464

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm170502_465

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Fumaria officinalis, Fumitory, Earthsmoke

JK Marlow    jkm170502_466

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Fumaria officinalis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Fumaria officinalis ssp. officinalis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fumaria officinalis ssp. officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Fumaria officinalis ssp. wirtgenii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Fumaria officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Fumaria officinalis ssp. officinalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Fumaria officinalis ssp. wirtgenii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 086-04-001:
Fumaria officinalis   FAMILY Fumariaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Fumaria officinalis

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3068

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Sandy fields, disturbed places, escaped from gardens, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Compound
Alternate & basal rosette

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink/ Purplish
2-merous
2 sepals
4 petals
6 stamens, diadelphous
Superior ovary
Bisexual

Raceme borne on a peduncle

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Nut

 

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