Fumaria agraria Lag.

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Family: PAPAVERACEAE

Genus: Fumaria

Spanish common name: Conejitos del campo. Zapatitos del niño Jesús.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands.

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): West Mediterranean

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Hedges. Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Road sides and cultivated fields.

Characteristics: A climbing plant with a netty appearance. Leaves are very divided and look like parsley leaves. Flowers are elongated, with violet colourations and are grouped in terminal racimes of 14-25 flowers. Characterised by the length of its flowers, which are longer than 9 mm., fructifying pedicels erect, with very needlely with large not very prominent tubercules and emargate apex.

Observations: This is a very complex genus and still creates discrepancies amongst authors. It's absolutely necessary the use of a classification key to be able to differenciate this species from other very similar looking members of the genus.