Fumaria densiflora D. C.

Spice Flower - fruit detail

Family: PAPAVERACEAE

Genus: Fumaria

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Girona. Tarragona.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitat: Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: A plant which can be found in grasslands and neglected farmlands; it forms inflorescences of red flowers which have sepals that are larger than the flower (the flowers of Fumariaceae only have two sepals, one each side of the flower). The fruits are more or less spherical. The leaves are greatly divided into almost linear segments.