Fumaria densiflora DC., 1813

Common names

🇬🇧 Dense-flowered Fumitory
🇫🇷 Fumeterre à fleurs denses, Fumeterre à fleurs serrées, Fumeterre à petites fleurs

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Papaveraceae
Subfamily: Fumarioideae
Tribe: Fumariieae
Genus: Fumaria
Species: Fumaria densiflora

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with F. muralis Koch, 1845, whose flowers are longer (9-12 mm), while those of F. densiflora are shorter (8-9 mm)

Possible confusion with F. officinalis L., 1753, whose flowers have sepals narrower than the corolla, while those of F. densiflora have sepals wider than the corolla.

Photographs

img/fumaria-densiflora.webp — *Fumaria densiflora*

img/fumaria-densiflora-2.webp — *Fumaria densiflora*

img/fumaria-densiflora-3.webp — *Fumaria densiflora*

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 875). Biotope.