Fumaria capreolata L.

Spice Detail flower In the field Inflorescence

Family: PAPAVERACEAE

Genus: Fumaria

Catalan common name: Fumària enfiladissa. Gallerets.

Spanish common name: Conejillos. Conejillos de las vallas. Gatitos. Palomilla pintada. Palomillas.

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

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

General distribution (Phytogeography): Holoartica

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Terophyte.

Habitats: Cultivated fields, path and road sides, disturbed zones. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Cultivated fields, path and road sides.

Characteristics: This plant can be found entwined with other plants or climbing rock dry masonry. Leaves are divided into lobes that are much wider than those of the rest of the genus. A flower are either white or in shades of pink and red, larger than a centimetre. Can be told apart from the species of the genus as the flowers, and above all the fruits, have a reflexive peduncle, and the fruit is very smooth, while the fruit of Fumaria flabellata is rough skinned. Flowers during the winter and spring.