Scientific Name:
Fumaria
officinalis
Pronunciation:
foo-MAR-ee-uh oh-fiss-ih-NAH-liss
Common Name:
fumitory
Family Name:
Papaveraceae
Plant Type:
Annual (true), Weed (horticultural)
Key ID Features:
Stems angular in c.s., hairless, prostrate or partially climbing; leaves alternate, deeply divided, finely pinnately dissected, the ultimate segments oblanceolate, rounded into lobed segments; racemes 3-8cm long with 10-20 flowers 7-8mm long, pink-purple with a 4mm spur from corolla with other tips darker reddish-purple.
Habit:
Spreading
Form:
Creeping / Mat-like
Texture:
Medium - fine
Mature Height:
0.2 - 0.4m
Mature Spread:
0.6 - 1.0m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
Europe
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 1: (below -46 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Landscape Uses:
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Lobed, Compound
Arrangement:
Basal
Texture/Venation:
Soft flexible, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Glabrous
Compound Leaf:
Tripinnate
Colour in Summer:
Green, Dicentra formosa 'Ivory Hearts' has heart shaped, ivory white flowers held above ferny, blue gray foliage, slightly fragrant.
Colour in Fall:
Yellow, Brown
Shapes:
Ovate, Spatulate
Apices:
Acute, Rounded
Bases:
Attenuate
Margins:
Dentate, Incised
Inflorescence Type:
Raceme
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
4
Corolla Shape:
Urceolate
Ovary Position:
Superior
Colour (petals):
Showy, Pink (Dicentra formosa 'Ivory Hearts' has heart shaped, ivory white flowers held above ferny, blue gray foliage, slightly fragrant.)
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct
Fruit Type:
Nut
Fruit Colour:
Green, Brown
Fruiting Time:
Jun, Jul
Additional Info:
Not showy, linear
Bark Morphology:
Smooth
Bark or Stem Colour:
Green
Organ Modifications:
Storage tap root
Maintenance:
High
Other:
Remove plants before seed mature
Pest Susceptibility:
(Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Deer resistant)
