Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis, Camán searraigh díge
Photographs: Ardmore, Co. Waterford

Common Fumitory
Fumaria officinalis
Camán searraigh díge
Family: Fumariaceae

Flowering time: May-October. Annual. Probably introduced.

Spikes of light reddish-purple flowers, dark purple at tips with irregularly toothed sepals. Fruit sometimes weakly notched at the tip. Grey-green leaves with narrow, flat leaflets on weak, scrambling or erect stems. Height: 10-30 cm

Common on dry waste and arable ground, roadsides and in gardens. Less frequent in the west of Ireland.

Similar: Common Ramping-fumitory, F. muralis.

Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis, Camán searraigh díge

Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis, Camán searraigh díge
Fumitory, Fumaria officinalis, Camán searraigh díge
Identified by Paul Green

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