Cultivation of fumitory

How to grow fumitory (Fumaria officinalis)

	Annual herb of the Fumitory family – Fumariaceae– up to 60 cm. Erect stems, smooth. Composite leaves with lanceolate flat leaflets, till 1 cm. wide. Bracts shorter than the floral stalks. Round fruits with a flat or depressed side Flowers, redish-pink, appear from February to June

	Water scarcely

	It can be used for walls and gradients to avoid erosion and as a medicinal plant. (More information)

	Expose it to full sun

	Propagate from cuttings of wild species in spring.

	Any kind of soil, even very poor and stony.

	Toxic plant. See more in the listing below
	Other species of “Fumaria” gender There are 50 species of Fumaria, the most commom ones are the following: Fumaria agraria Fumaria bastardii Fumaria capreolata Fumaria densiflora Fumaria indica Fumaria macrocarpa Fumaria martinii Fumaria muralis Fumaria occidentalis Fumaria officinalis Fumaria purpurea Fumaria parviflora Fumaria reuteri Fumaria schleicheri Fumaria vaillantii