Journal archives for February 2018

February 20, 2018

Fumitories of the San Francisco Bay Area

There are only 3 species of Fumaria listed in the Calflora plant search and the Jepson Herbarium:
Fumaria capreolata http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=8662
Fumaria officinalis http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3647
Fumaria parviflora http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=3648

Ref:

Fumaria muralis is not listed in either database, although I see it growing in many parks and preserves in the South San Francisco Bay Area.

Here are my observations that have been identified as F. muralis:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9718429
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9845696
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9916691
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9922916
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9922920

Here are 5 more observations that occurred last year (and are lacking required data for identification) but are probably F. muralis as well:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6496453
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5223422
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5178224
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/5104848
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/4882970

Here is a link to blue_celery 's journal post on the subject:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/blue_celery/14150-fumitories-of-north-america

********** References - for more info on F. muralis **********
One page in EOL shows 9 species of Fumaria, another page shows 38 species:

The EuroPlusMed database lists 50 species of Fumaria:
*http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Fumaria&PTRefFk=7500000

http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=fumaria

http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/scotia/key/Plants%20and%20Fungi%20of%20south%20western%20NSW/Media/Html/Fumaria_muralis.htm

http://herbiguide.com.au/Descriptions/hg_Wall_Fumitory.htm

Posted on February 20, 2018 02:15 AM by truthseqr truthseqr | 4 observations | 0 comments | Leave a comment