Fumaria Muralis, Common Ramping-fumitory



Common name:
Common ramping-fumitory
Scientific name:
Fumaria muralis
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of the UK; especially in south England, Wales and west England
Height:
Up to 10 cm
Habitat:
Verges, pathways, fields, old walls
Flowers:
About 10 mm long, pale pink, dark purple at the tip; an upper and two inner petals, similar in length, and a narrow, approximately linear lower petal that projects beyond the other three. At the base are a pair of white, ovate sepals, about a third as long, lined by weak teeth. Flowers form in loose, elongated clusters of around 15 heads, attached by green stalks, each subtended by a bract about 2/3 as long
Leaves:
Pinnately divided two or three times into lobed leaflets, pale green in colour, rounded at the tips
Season:
April to October
Rarity:
★★★★★