Fumaria officinalis ? (UK)

Fumaria officinalis L., Sp. Pl.: 700 (1753) ;
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Europe to Medit. and Caucasus: Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine; Introduced into: Alabama, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., Chile Central, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, District of Columbia, Falkland Is., Florida, Føroyar, Georgia, Great Britain, Hawaii, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Ireland, Irkutsk, Kansas, Khabarovsk, Krasnoyarsk, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Queensland, Québec, Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Australia, South Carolina, Taiwan, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming as per POWO;
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SK 3415 21 April 2022:

Location: Gorran Haven, St. Austell, UK
Altitude: 43m.
Date: 02 April 2022
Habit : Wild
Fumaria … ???

Yes, but I do not know the species.


I hope other members will help.


In UK Fumaria officinalis is the most common.
https://www.uksouthwest.net/fumaria-officinalis.html
Google search


I think leaves look a bit different from Fumaria officinalis as per POWO.


I also felt so


There is Fumaria purpurea but very rare.

I have never seen it.
Scientific paper below.

Fumaria officinalis L.
https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/fumaria_officinalis.htm


 

 

 


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References:
POWO  
https://apps.lucidcentral.org/plants_se_nsw/text/entities/fumaria_officinalis.htm

Updated on January 30, 2026

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