Plant |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Height: 10-50cm
Rarely Arbuscular Mycorrhizal
Annual
Hermaphrodite, Flowering April - October
(Earliest: 18.5)
Protective Chemicals | |||||
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Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids |
Aurotensine, Protopine, Sanguinarine, Stylopine | ||||
Other Alkaloids | Cryptocavine, Cryptopine, Dihydrofumariline,
Fumaritine, Methylsinactine, Sinactine | ||||
Coumarins | Fumarin | ||||
Acids | Fumaric |
Biotopes: |
Meadows |
Parasites: |
Erysiphe cruciferarum |
Herbivores: |
Several Tortricidae |
Sapivores: |
Aphis fabae |
Ecological Flora of the British Isles
Skye Flora:
Common Fumitory
Pictures © 2003, 2004, 2005 J.K. Lindsey
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