Key to Fumaria

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(For a list of species in Fumaria, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Petals 9–14 mm; 

pedicel 

Stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit.

 

recurved 

Gradually curved downward or backward.

in fruit; fruit ± 

compressed 

Flattened side-to-side or front-to-back.

laterally ..... F. capreolata

1' Petals 3–9 mm; pedicel 

ascending 

Curving or angling upward from base, or about 30-60 degrees less than vertical or away from axis of attachment.

or 

spreading 

Oriented more or less perpendicularly to the axis of attachment; often, more or less horizontal.

in fruit; fruit not compressed laterally

2. Sepals 1.5–3.5 mm; petals 5–9 mm, purple; 

bract 

Reduced, leaf- or scale-like structure subtending a branch, cone scale, peduncle, pedicel, or flower.

< pedicel in fruit; fruit not keeled ..... F. officinalis

2' Sepals 0.5–1 mm; petals 3–6 mm, white to pink, inner purple-tipped; bract > pedicel in fruit; fruit keeled ..... F. parviflora

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