Entry for Fumaria vaillantii Loiseleur-Deslongchamps [family PAPAVERACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 3,
Names
Fumaria vaillantiiLoiseleur-Deslongchamps [family PAPAVERACEAE], J. Bot. (Desvaux), 2: 358. 1809
Information
Plants 5-50 cm. Inflorescences, excluding peduncle, 1-4.5 cm; bracteoles 1/2-3/4 as long as pedicels. Flowers: pedicel straight and spreading to ascending in fruit, 1-3 mm; corolla 5-6 mm, spur 1-1.5 mm; petals pink or deep pink near base, deep pink or purple apically. Capsules subglobose, frequently longer than broad, 1.7-2.5 mm diam., slightly wrinkled or shallowly pitted. 2n = 32.
Phenology
Flowering spring
Distribution
elevation unknownEuropew Asian Africa.USA N.Dak.USA S.Dak.
Discussion
The description here is taken in part from Flora of the Great Plains (Great Plains Flora Association 1986), where the specific epithet is misspelled "vaillentii," supplemented by measurements from specimens of European origin in the Harvard University Herbaria.
