Fumaria officinalis

Fumitory, Fumitory

Family: Papaveraceae · Type: annual · Not Native

Fumitory is a naturalized annual herb found in central and southwestern California in disturbed places at elevations below 1,000 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces purple flowers with dark purple tips, approximately 5 to 9 millimeters long. Growing with stems 10 to 70 centimeters tall, it spreads with ascending branches. Its delicate compound leaves are finely divided, giving the plant a lacy, feathery appearance. The fruit develops with a distinctive slightly depressed shape around the stigma.

Habitat: Disturbed places

Bloom period: Apr-Jul

Elevation: < 1000 m

Bioregions: CW, SW

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.