Fumaria bastardii Boreau

Fumeterre de Bastard (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Papaveraceae > Fumaria

Characteristics

Weakly erect herb, to c. 50 cm high. Largest ultimate segments of leaves to 5 mm long and 2 mm wide, rarely more. Raceme usually much longer than peduncle; peduncle stout. Bracts 1/3–3/4 as long as pedicel. Pedicel rather thick, straight, remaining suberect. Sepals peltately attached, ovate, 2–3.5 mm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, dentate, narrower than corolla. Corolla (7–) 9–13 mm long, pink; inner petals dark purplish at apex with a yellowish central stripe; upper petal concolorous or rarely purplish at apex; lower petal linear or narrowly spathulate, commonly recurved, more than 0.5 mm wide medially. Fruit 2–2.5 mm long and wide, rather straight-sided, keeled toward base, truncate at base, slightly pointed or rounded at apex, rugulose-tuberculate when dry, with prominent apical pits.
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Tufted, ± erect, rarely scrambling, annual herb. Lvs quite close-set; lamina dissected, glaucous, up to 8 × 6 cm; segments broad, oblong to oblanceolate to cuneiform. Infl. elongated, with > 20 fls; rachis > peduncle. Peduncle 2-3-(5) cm long. Bracts oblong, acute, < pedicels, 1.5-2 mm long; pedicels spreading to erecto-patent at flowering and fruiting, (2)-3-5 mm long. Sepals elliptic, usually dentate to fimbriate near base, subacute, 2.5-3.5 × 1.5-2 mm. Corolla pink to purplish with dark purple to black wings and tips, 10-13 mm long; lateral and lower petals often with golden yellow midvein; lower petal spoon-shaped at tip but without spreading margins. Fr. globose to obovoid, rugose when dry, weakly keeled, c. 2.5 × 2.5 mm; apex rounded; apical pits small.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination autogamy
Spread barochory
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Prefers well-drained, acidic soils, rare in alkaline soils. Occurs across a wide range of habitats.
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-11

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Images

Habit

Fumaria bastardii habit picture by bernard fabier (cc-by-sa)
Fumaria bastardii habit picture by bernard fabier (cc-by-sa)
Fumaria bastardii habit picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Fumaria bastardii leaf picture by Darren Giddins (cc-by-sa)
Fumaria bastardii leaf picture by Emimk (cc-by-sa)
Fumaria bastardii leaf picture by Emimk (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Fumaria bastardii flower picture by Darren Giddins (cc-by-sa)
Fumaria bastardii flower picture by Émile Maurice (cc-by-sa)
Fumaria bastardii flower picture by Darren Giddins (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Fumaria bastardii fruit picture by rodriguez nzales espe (cc-by-sa)
Fumaria bastardii fruit picture by Llandrich anna (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Fumaria bastardii world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Canada, Algeria, Spain, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Malta, New Zealand, Portugal, and Tunisia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:672889-1
WFO ID wfo-0000693138
COL ID 6JRN9
BDTFX ID 28426
INPN ID 99051
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Fumaria muraliformis Fumaria recognita Fumaria vagans Fumaria almensis Fumaria bastardii Fumaria cirrhata Fumaria codinae Fumaria disjuncta Fumaria gussonei Fumaria jordanii Fumaria affinis Fumaria confusa Fumaria pia Fumaria planasii Fumaria bastardii var. hibernica Fumaria bastardii var. jordanii Fumaria gussonei var. benedicta