Fumaria officinalis
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Family Papaveraceae
Taxonomy: Fumaria officinalis L.
Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30
Distribution (APC): SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (7), Kubiak_2009 (3), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (5), SAH_2022 (3), SAH_2023 (7), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 17 traits from 37 records in 10 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): blue_purple (1); pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
fruit morphology
- fruit_length (numerical): 2.25 mm (2-2.5 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_width (numerical): 2.75 mm (2-3 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 3 mm (3-3 mm) [sources: SAH_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); nut (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1); indehiscent (1) [sources: ABRS_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf morphology
- leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2; SAH_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (3) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; SAH_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): annual (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; SAH_2022; Wenk_2022]
whole plant morphology
- plant_height (numerical): 0.41 m (0.15-0.5 m) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABRS_2023 | 6 | 7 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| SAH_2023 | 7 | 7 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 4 | 5 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| ABRS_2022 | 3 | 3 | Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au. |
| Kubiak_2009 | 3 | 3 | P. J. Kubiak. “Fire responses of bushland plants after the January 1994 wildfires in northern Sydney”. Cunninghamia 11.1 (2009), pp. 131-165. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 3 | 3 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| SAH_2022 | 3 | 3 | S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |