Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Bayer Code : fumva
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Papaveraceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: few-flowered fumitory
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Buschiger Erdrauch ; ES : palomilla de hoja fina ; FR : fumeterre de Vaillant ; IT : fumaria di Vaillant ; PT : catarinas ; EN : few-flowered fumitory ;
Biological type: Annual
- Cotyledons very narrow and lengthened (up to 10 times longer than wide).
- Leaves pinnately divided.
- Height: 10-30 cm.
- Stem erect or ascending, branched, glabrous, somewhat canaliculate.
- Leaves lower in rosette ; leaves 2-3-pinnatisect, one vein distinct beneath. Later leaves blue-green, glabrous, downy, 1-4-pinnatisect with segments sometimes 3 mm broad and mostly acuminate ; chanelled at base.
- Flowers light-pink or whitish, small, dark-purple at the apex, 6-16 in short raceme, with a spur and lanceolate bracts. Corolla 6 mm. Sepals very small, lanceolate and narrow.
- Fruit : capsule rounded, indehiscent with one seed, not keeled, rough when ripe. Peduncle as long as fruit and bract.
- Rare in crops.
- Risk of confusion at seedling stage with the other species of Fumaria .
- Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Fumaria
Ecological profile (click on flags):
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