Fumariaceae
Bleeding-Heart Family
The Fumariaceae family (Bleeding-Heart Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Ranunculales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a climbing shrub.
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Finely divided, fern-like leaves on herbs and climbers; bilaterally symmetrical flowers have one or two petals extended into a backward-pointing spur or pouch, giving the bloom its characteristic heart- or locket-like shape.
The spurred, heart-shaped flower silhouette, distinct from the regular, four-petalled blooms of most poppy-family relatives, gives the group its common name, bleeding-heart.
Typical leaf characters
- ArrangementVariable
TypeCompound- MarginVariable
- VenationVariable
Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.
Typical flower & fruit
- Flower symmetryZygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- InflorescenceVariable
- FruitVariable
Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.
All 1 species in FUMARIACEAE
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