Hypecoum pendulum
L.Strongly curry-scented annual to 40 cm high. Leaves mostly basal, tripinatisect, to 15 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, ultimate segments narrow-linear, grey green, slightly fleshy. Sepals ovate, 2–2.5 mm long; outer petals rhombic or obscurely trilobed, 6–11 mm long, yellow; inner petals deeply trilobed, 5–8 mm long, the mid-lobe fringed on the dilated apical part, yellow, flecked purplish-brown; stamens with winged filaments, brown-spotted; style subequal to inner petals; pedicels becoming thickened and strongly recurved in fruit. Fruit 4-angled, linear to slightly arcuate, 4–6 cm long, 2–5 mm wide, c. 9-seeded, tardily breaking into articles; seeds D-shaped, flattened, c. 2.5 mm long, brown, the surface minutely areolate. Flowers Sep.–Oct.
MuM, MuF. Also naturalised SA. Native to Middle Eastern countries. Recorded a few times between 1970 and 2016, from wheat crops in the Lake Boga and Kerang district.
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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