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Fumitories
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Fumitories

Fumaria

Fumaria (fumitory or fumewort, from Latin fūmus terrae, "smoke of the earth") is a genus of about 60 species of annual flowering plants in the family Papaveraceae. Fumaria species are important herbs, it is used as a herbal medicine. The genus is native to Europe, Africa and Asia, most diverse in the Mediterranean region, and introduced to North and South America and Australia. Fumaria indica contains the alkaloids fuyuziphine and alpha-hydrastine. Fumaria indica may have anti-inflammatory...

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53 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Fumaria officinalis

complexFumaria officinalis

white ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria capreolata

common ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria muralis

tall ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria bastardii

Field Fumitory

speciesFumaria agraria

Few-flowered Fumitory

speciesFumaria vaillantii

fineleaf fumitory

speciesFumaria parviflora

Schleicher's fumitory

speciesFumaria schleicheri

Dense-flowered Fumitory

speciesFumaria densiflora

Judean Fumitory

speciesFumaria judaica

Southern Ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria flabellata

Large-fruited Fumitory

speciesFumaria macrocarpa

Kralik's Fumitory

speciesFumaria kralikii

Fumaria gaillardotii

complexFumaria gaillardotii

Petter's Fumitory

speciesFumaria petteri

Martin's Ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria reuteri

Two-coloured Fumitory

speciesFumaria bicolor

Fumaria coccinea

speciesFumaria coccinea

Purple Ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria purpurea

Fumaria montana

speciesFumaria montana

Fumaria rostellata

speciesFumaria rostellata

Fumaria macrosepala

speciesFumaria macrosepala

Fumaria munbyi

speciesFumaria munbyi

Bracted Ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria bracteosa

Fumaria asepala

speciesFumaria asepala

Fumaria sepium

speciesFumaria sepium

Indian Fumitory

speciesFumaria indica

Western Ramping-fumitory

speciesFumaria occidentalis

Fumaria atlantica

speciesFumaria atlantica

Fumaria abyssinica

speciesFumaria abyssinica

Fumaria melillaica

speciesFumaria melillaica

Fumaria mairei

speciesFumaria mairei

Fumaria rupestris

speciesFumaria rupestris

Fumaria pugsleyana

speciesFumaria pugsleyana

Fumaria segetalis

speciesFumaria segetalis

Fumaria faurei

speciesFumaria faurei

Fumaria dubia

speciesFumaria dubia

Fumaria mirabilis

speciesFumaria mirabilis

Painter's Fumitory

hybridFumaria × painteri

Fumaria ballii

speciesFumaria ballii

Fumaria maurorum

speciesFumaria maurorum

Fumaria ouezzanensis

speciesFumaria ouezzanensis

Fumaria rifana

speciesFumaria rifana

Fumaria skottsbergii

speciesFumaria skottsbergii

Fumaria × alberti

hybridFumaria × alberti

Fumaria × burnatii

hybridFumaria × burnatii

Fumaria × condensata

hybridFumaria × condensata

Fumaria × gagrica

hybridFumaria × gagrica

Fumaria berberica

speciesFumaria berberica

Fumaria capitata

speciesFumaria capitata

Fumaria normanii

speciesFumaria normanii

Fumaria ragusina

speciesFumaria ragusina

Fumaria erostrata

speciesFumaria erostrata

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