Common Fumitory - Fumaria officinalis
Description
Weak, low to short scrambling plant, leaf segments flat. Racemes longer than their stalks, flowers numerous, purplish-pink with a reddish-black apex. 7 to 9 mm long. Sepal with irregular teeth.
Identification difficulty
Habitat
A plant of disturbed and bare soil and cultivated land.
When to see it
May to October.
Life History
Annual.
UK Status
Found throughout Britain, often common.
VC55 Status
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 205 of the 617 tetrads.
Graham CalowSapcote20 May 2006
Graham CalowFrolesworth11 May 2015
Graham CalowSpringwell Lane, Whetsone05 May 2016
Graham CalowHinckley Lane, Wykin04 July 2015producing seed
Graham CalowB581 Broughton Way, Broughton Astley02 June 2017
Mike HiggottCounty Hall20 May 2014
HAPeacockGroby Road Allotments18 June 2015
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Graham CalowA5 near High Cross07 June 2016
Graham CalowWitherley18 June 2015producing seed
Graham CalowSpringwell Lane, Whetsone05 May 2016
Graham CalowSapcote14 May 2006
Graham CalowHigham on the Hill25 July 2015
Mike HiggottCounty Hall24 February 2014
Graham CalowWitherley27 May 2015
Mike HiggottCounty Hall10 March 2014
Graham CalowFosse Meadows, Sharnford31 May 2014
Graham CalowFrolesworth23 July 2015
