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Purple Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria purpurea
Photos: Dungarvan, Co.Waterford

Purple Ramping-fumitory
Fumaria purpurea
Camán searraigh corcra
Family: Fumariaceae

Flowering May-September. Annual. Native.

Purple-pink flowers, upper petal with narrow erect margin. Mature flowers and fruiting stalks recurved. Sepals large in proportion to flower, more/less oblong, entire or toothed. Scrambling growth.

Disturbed, free-draining acidic soils. Rare, mainly coastal. Waste, arable and cultivated ground, roadsides. Mainly S, SE Ireland.
Identified by Paul Green
     


Purple Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria purpurea       Purple Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria purpurea
Purple Ramping-fumitory. Dungarvan, Co.Waterford. September 2008

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