Fumaria muralis subsp. muralis

Wall Fumitory at O'Connor, ACT

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Identification history

Fumaria muralis subsp. muralis	20 Apr 2021	Tapirlord
Fumaria sp.	20 Apr 2021	michaelb
Unidentified	19 Apr 2021	NedJohnston

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5 comments

Tapirlord wrote:

20 Apr 2021

Fumaria sp is the ID, for now, possibilities are F.bastardii, F.muralis subsp muralis, and F.offincinais subsp wirtgenii

Tapirlord wrote:

20 Apr 2021

Need to know how many individual flowers on each inflorescence, and whether the fruit is smooth or wrinkled.

NedJohnston wrote:

20 Apr 2021

Thanks Tapirlord will do tonight.

NedJohnston wrote:

20 Apr 2021

Hi Tapirlord,
There are between 6-9 individual flowers on each inflorescence and the fruit is smooth.
Thanks

Tapirlord wrote:

20 Apr 2021

Thanks, Ned, that rules out the other two which are 15-25 flowered (In bastardii) and 10-20 flowered (In Officinalis). The fruit texture is unique to this species F. muralis so that helps as well. But the number of flowers on each inflorescence is key. Thanks for the follow- up :)

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