fumitory n : delicate European herb with grayish leaves and spikes of purplish flowers; formerly used medicinally [syn: fumewort, fumeroot, Fumaria officinalis]

English

Noun

1. a genus of annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia.

Scientific names

• Fumaria

Translations

• French: fumeterre
• German: Erdrauch
• Polish: dymnica

Fumaria is a genus of about fifty annual herbaceous flowering plants in the family Fumariaceae, native to temperate Europe and Asia, though some species are weedy or adventive in North and South America, Australia, etc. It is closely allied to Corydalis (from which it differs chiefly in having single-seeded fruits), and some botanists combine the two genera. The common name is fumitory.

• Fumaria bastardii - tall ramping fumitory, bastard's fumitory
• Fumaria capreolata - white ramping fumitory
• Fumaria densiflora - dense-flowered fumitory
• Fumaria martinii - Martin's fumitory
• Fumaria muralis - wall fumitory
• Fumaria occidentalis - western fumitory, Cornish fumitory
• Fumaria officinalis - common fumitory, drug fumitory
• Fumaria purpurea - purple ramping fumitory
• Fumaria parviflora - fineleaf fumitory
• Fumaria reuteri - few-flowered fumitory
• Fumaria schleicheri
• Fumaria vaillantii - earthsmoke

Fumitory is an important food plant for the Turtle Dove.

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References:

Lidén, Magnus. 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae (Papaveraceae) with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Botanica 88, Copenhagen, Denmark

External links

• USDA Plants Profile: Genus Fumaria