AuthorMurphy, R.J.
Year2009
TitleFumitories of Britain and Ireland
ISBN978-0-901158-40-6
SeriesB.S.B.I. Handbook
TypeBook/Report
How CompleteAll the British species and hybrids known at the time, plus a couple of very rare casuals.
SourceB.S.B.I. Handbook, No. 12, 121pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
IllustrationsColour photographs of whole plants, macrophotographs of details, and the usual line drawings
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A copiously illustrated guide to the genus Fumaria. The photographs include fresh (and often aging) flowers in profile, and enlarged macrophotographs of lower petals, sepals and fruit.

There are two keys: Key A to species and subspecies; Key B is more detailed and includes varieties and forms. As usual the keys use minute floral parts and ripe fruits.

Errata, Corrigenda & Comments

It’s probably just me but I find synthetic bright blue backgrounds on botanical photos intrusive. I know it’s supposed to enhance the reader’s receptivity, but surely not if it puts their backs up. Coloured backgrounds also confuse your colour perception so are doubly inappropriate in botanical illustrations.

My other pet hate is interpretation boards on nature reserves. Such creeping suburbanisation spoils the wild experience that you expect from such places. Surely this isn’t just me? We need to speak out… We’ve stayed quiet for too long!

Examine with x8 or x10 hand lens ( Stereo Microscope is also useful)

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identification, contains Checklist, Distribution mapCurrentFumariafumitoriesPlantae: Ranunculales: Papaveraceae
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