Fumaria muralis in the South SF Bay Area

I'm finding many populations of Fumaria muralis in the South San Francisco Bay Area. They seem to congregate near waterways. Some hot spots are: Sunnyvale Baylands, Ulistac Natural Area, Coyote Creek, Guadalupe Creek Trail, and Los Alamitos Creek Trail.

For Los Alamitos Creek and Guadalupe Creek, I've documented populations of 50+ plants at 0.25 mile intervals.

It's frustrating that the Jepson eFlora and Calflora do not recognize this species. It looks like one has to jump through all kinds of hoops to get it on the list of valid introduced species.

I sent vouchers to UC Davis herbarium and CDFA (California Dept. of Food and Agriculture) on 2018-03-02, but I haven't heard back from either of them.

I've added 10 observations of this species (each of which represents 50 or more plants) to Calflora so far, but the average user can't see them because this plant is not recognized by the Calflora database.

If anyone can tell me what hoops to jump through to get this plant entered into the Jepson key for Fumaria, please let me know. I tried to submit a specimen to the Jepson Herbarium, but they weren't interested in my "weeds" as they put it. Right now, many fumitories found in California are being incorrectly identified as Fumaria officinalus because F. muralis is not in the key.

Publicado el marzo 18, 2018 01:03 MAÑANA por truthseqr truthseqr

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Conejito de Los Muros (Fumaria muralis)

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Marzo 16, 2018 a las 10:18 MAÑANA PDT

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Fumaria muralis - #1 of 5 (I took samplings every 0.25 miles along the trail today)

Flowers are in axillary and terminal racemes; pink with dark red tips; upper petal is spurred. Leaves are alternate, pinnate or 2-pinnate with ultimate segments deeply lobed. Fruit is ovoid to almost round; surface is smooth (when fresh).

Flowers per inflorescence: 10-14

Measurements:
Plant height: 30 cm
Corolla length: 12 mm
Sepal length: 3.5 mm
Fruit length: 2 mm

Habitat: riparian - within 2-3 ft. of Los Alamitos Creek. Note: There are houses on both sides of the creek.

Nearby flora: various grasses, California blackberry, oak, sycamore

Vegetation type: anthropogenic habitat

Sunlight: shady

Population size (estimate): >50

Landmark: Los Alamitos Creek near LAC 3.00 Mile trail marker

Elevation: 87 meters (285 ft.)

Also added to Calflora.org: www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/noccdetail.cgi?seq_num==po82347

2018-03-23: added photos of dried seeds on millimeter paper

2018-05-01: Fumaria muralis is still blooming in this area

Identifier: Valerio Lazzeri (Key: The identification of F. muralis has used all the morphological characters of the key developed by Magnus Lidén: Lidén M., 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Bot. 88.)

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Conejito de Los Muros (Fumaria muralis)

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Marzo 16, 2018 a las 10:33 MAÑANA PDT

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Fumaria muralis
Site: LAC-07

Observation #2 of 5 (I took samplings every 0.25 miles along the trail today)

Flowers are in axillary and terminal racemes; pink with dark red tips; upper petal is spurred. Leaves are alternate, pinnate or 2-pinnate with ultimate segments deeply lobed. Fruit is ovoid to almost round; surface is smooth (when fresh).

Flowers per inflorescence: 9-14

Measurements:
Corolla length: 11-12 mm
Sepal length: 3.5-4.0 mm
Fruit length: 2 mm

Habitat: riparian - within 15 ft. of Los Alamitos Creek. Note: there are houses on both sides of the creek.

Nearby flora: various grasses, geraniums, Miner's Lettuce, sycamores

Vegetation type: anthropogenic habitat

Landmark: Los Alamitos Creek near LAC 2.75 Mile trail
marker

Sunlight: shady

Population size (estimate): >50

Elevation: 84 meters (275 ft.)

2018-03-23: added photo of dried seeds on millimeter paper

2018-05-01: Fumaria muralis is still blooming in this area

Also added to Calflora.org:
http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/noccdetail.cgi?seq_num=po82348

Identifier: Valerio Lazzeri (Key: The identification of F. muralis has used all the morphological characters of the key developed by Magnus Lidén: Lidén M., 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Bot. 88.)

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Conejito de Los Muros (Fumaria muralis)

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Marzo 16, 2018 a las 10:51 MAÑANA PDT

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Fumaria muralis
Site: LAC-06

Observation: #3 of 5 (I took samplings every 0.25 miles along the trail today)

Flowers are in axillary and terminal racemes; pink with dark red tips; upper petal is spurred. Leaves are alternate, pinnate or 2-pinnate with ultimate segments deeply lobed. Fruit is ovoid to almost round; surface is smooth (when fresh).

Flowers per inflorescence: 10-11

Measurements:
Corolla length: 11-12 mm
Sepal length: 3.5-4.0 mm
Fruit length: 2 mm

Habitat: riparian - growing within 15 ft. of Los Alamitos Creek under oak and sycamore trees. Note: There are houses on both sides of the creek.

Nearby flora: various grasses, geraniums, thistles, Miner's Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata), Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum)

Vegetation type: anthropogenic habitat

Landmark: Los Alamitos Creek near the LAC 2.50 Mile marker

Sunlight: shady

Population Size (estimate): >50

Elevation: 83 meters (272 ft.)

2018-03-23: added photo of dried seeds on millimeter paper

Also added to Calflora.org:
www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/noccdetail.cgi?seq_num=po82349

Identifier: Valerio Lazzeri (Key: The identification of F. muralis has used all the morphological characters of the key developed by Magnus Lidén: Lidén M., 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Bot. 88.)

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Conejito de Los Muros (Fumaria muralis)

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truthseqr

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Marzo 16, 2018 a las 11:14 MAÑANA PDT

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Fumaria muralis - #4 of 5 (I took samplings every 0.25 miles along the trail today)

Flowers are in axillary and terminal racemes; pink with dark red tips; upper petal is spurred. Leaves are alternate, pinnate or 2-pinnate with ultimate segments deeply lobed. Fruit is ovoid to almost round; surface is smooth (when fresh).

Flowers per inflorescence: 12

Measurements:
Corolla length: 12 mm
Sepal length: 3.5-4.5 mm
Fruit length: 2 mm

Habitat: riparian - growing within 15 ft. of Los Alamitos Creek under oak and sycamore trees. Note: There are houses on both sides of the creek.

Nearby flora: various grasses, geraniums, thistles, oak, sycamores

Vegetation type: anthropogenic habitat

Landmark: Los Alamitos Creek near the LAC 3.50 Mile marker

Sunlight: shady

Population Size (estimate): >50

Elevation: 92 meters (301 ft.)

2018-03-23: added photo of dried seeds on millimeter paper

Also added to Calflora.org: http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/noccdetail.cgi?seq_num=po82352

Identifier: Valerio Lazzeri (Key: The identification of F. muralis has used all the morphological characters of the key developed by Magnus Lidén: Lidén M., 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Bot. 88.)

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Conejito de Los Muros (Fumaria muralis)

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Marzo 16, 2018 a las 11:36 MAÑANA PDT

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Fumaria muralis - #5 of 5 (I took samplings every 0.25 miles along the trail today)

Flowers are in axillary and terminal racemes; pink with dark red tips; upper petal is spurred. Leaves are alternate, pinnate or 2-pinnate with ultimate segments deeply lobed. Fruit is ovoid to almost round; surface is smooth (when fresh).

Flowers per inflorescence: 9-11

Measurements:
Corolla length: 11-11.5 mm
Sepal length: 3-4 mm
Fruit length: 2 mm

Habitat: riparian - growing within 15 ft. of Los Alamitos Creek. Note: There are houses on both sides of the creek.

Nearby flora: various grasses, geraniums, poison hemlock

Vegetation type: anthropogenic habitat

Landmark: Los Alamitos Creek near the LAC 3.75 Mile trail marker (Almaden Expy underpass)

Sunlight: partial shade

Population size (estimate): 25-50

Elevation: 96 meters (315 ft.)

2018-03-23: added photo of dried seeds on millimeter paper

Also added to Calflora.org: http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/noccdetail.cgi?seq_num=po82353

Identifier: Valerio Lazzeri (Key: The identification of F. muralis has used all the morphological characters of the key developed by Magnus Lidén: Lidén M., 1986. Synopsis of Fumarioideae with a monograph of the tribe Fumarieae. Opera Bot. 88.)

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