Hypecoum
Semi-succulent annuals, mostly glabrous, glaucous. Stems procumbent to erect, branching from base. Leaves 2- to 3-pinnatisect. Inflorescence cymose. Flowers zygomorphic; the outer pair of petals entire or 3-lobed, the inner pair smaller, usually deeply 3-lobed with the mid-lobe spathulate; stamens 4; ovary with numerous ovules; style with 2 stigmas. Fruit several-seeded, breaking into 1-seeded segments on ripening, or rarely a pod-like capsule dehiscing by 2 valves; seeds ovoid, octahedral or D-shaped, more or less tuberculate.
About 15 species, mainly in the Mediterranean regions and Asia Minor, a few extending eastwards to Mongolia and northern China; 1 species naturalised in Australia.
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Fumariaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 73–78. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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