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Photographer: Kurt Stüber
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Family Fumariaceae
Fumaria officinalis L.
drug fumitory, fumewort, fumitory
Fumaria: from Latin fumus, "smoke," possibly because of the color or odor of the fresh roots
officinalis: Latin generally meaning "of the shops" or "sold in the marketplace" or "official"
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | climbing/trailing annual, 8"-24" tall forb; stems with many branches |
| Flower: | pink to red, 1/3", not symmetrical; inflorescence a dense, branched cluster with many stalked flowers; blooms May-Sept. |
| Fruit: | capsule, roundish; 1-seeded |
| Habitat: | disturbed, woods, forests |
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