Summary ⁵

Fumaria (fumitory or fumewort, from Latin fūmus terrae, "smoke of the earth") is a genus of 50 species of annual flowering plants native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North and South America and Australia.Fumaria indica contains the alkaloids fuyuziphine and alpha-hydrastine.Fumaria indica may have anti-inflammatory and analgesic potential.

Description ⁶

Annual herbs; stems erect or climbing, with numerous 2-4-pinnatisect cauline leaves. Flowers in leaf-opposed racemes. Sepals 2. Corolla strongly zygomorphic; the upper petal with a spur. Fruit a 1-seeded indehiscent nutlet.

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6. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/19229730

More Info

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