Climbing Fumitory

(Adlumia fungosa)

 

Color Photograph: J.S. Peterson, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Climbing Fumitory (Adlumia fungosa)

Identification: A vine climbing over bushes by wrapping the stem around branches and limbs. Flower pink or white with only a slight spurs at the base of the flower. Flowers arranged in small, drooping clusters. from the leaf axils. Leaflets lobed and in groups of three.

Distribution: Southeastern Canada and southward to North Carolina, Tennessee, and Iowa.

Habitat: Climbing Fumitory is found on rocky slopes and hilly or mountain forest.

Flowering period: June to October.

Climbing Fumitory (Adlumia fungosa)

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The climbing, vinelike appearance of Climbing Fumitory makes it easily recognizable.

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