Fumaria muralis
Ecology
An annual, scrambling herb of arable land, gardens and hedge banks on freely-draining, acidic soils. Lowland.
Status
Trends
F. muralis is the most common of the large-flowered Fumaria species. It was mapped as `all records` in the 1962 Atlas, and greatly under-recorded. It may have become less common in arable habitats in recent years. Three subspecies have been described in our area, but these are taxonomically very close, and indeed the species itself can be difficult to separate from F. bastardii and F. reuteri.
World Distribution
Oceanic Southern-temperate element; widely naturalised outside its native range.
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Broad Habitats
Light (Ellenberg): 7
Moisture (Ellenberg): 5
Reaction (Ellenberg): 6
Nitrogen (Ellenberg): 6
Salt Tolerance (Ellenberg): 0
January Mean Temperature (Celsius): 4
July Mean Temperature (Celsius): 14.9
Annual Precipitation (mm): 1004
Height (cm): 100
Perennation - primary
Life Form - primary
Woodiness
Clonality - primary
Count of 10km squares in Great Britain: 1200
Count of 10km squares in Ireland: 368
Count of 10km squares in the Channel Isles: 13
Atlas Change Index: 1.75
Weighted Changed Factor: 46
Weighted Change Factor Confidence (90%)
JNCC Designations
Atlas text references
Atlas (32b)
Atlas Supp (7a)
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1986. Atlas of north European vascular plants north of the Tropic of Cancer. 3 vols.
Jalas & Suominen (1991)