Photographs: Macroom, Co. Cork

Common Ramping-fumitory Fumaria muralis Camán searraigh balla Family: Fumariaceae Flowering time: April-October. Annual. Introduced. Purplish-pink flowers with a reddish-black apex and toothed sepals in few-flowered, lax racemes. The lower petal has erect margins and the fruit are smooth. Leaves are a waxy pale green and much divided. A very variable slender plant with a spreading/scrambling growth habit. Occurs on free-draining acidic ground in gardens, arable and waste ground. Less frequent in west of Ireland. Identified by Paul Green, BSBI Similar: Tall Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria bastardii

Common Ramping-fumitory, Fumaria muralis, Camán searraigh balla