Fumaria muralis agg

Taxonomic note: Am including F bastardii in this aggregate as these two very similar species intergrade and the specimens in the pictures had a mixture of characters from both, though were more muralis than bastardii. Plants from Skye are F muralis subspecies Boraei.

Photo © Carl Farmer
(16 Sep 2003 Musselburgh)
Flowers c 11 mm long

Rare weed of cultivated ground

Flower c 10-12 mm long

Skye ID: Flowers pink, dark-tipped, over 9 mm long. Lowest petal parallel-sided when viewed from above or below. Sepals no more than 1½ times as long as broad.

Other features: Sepals not normally toothed all the way round as in these pictures, but toothed in lower half. Fruit on straight stalks at about 45° to the stem. Leaves similar to F capreolata Lower petal margins erect from a quarter of the way past the base to the tip.

Skye Flora