Adlumia fungosa
Sterns & Poggenberg, Prelim. Cat., 3. 1888.
Common names: Climbing fumitory Allegheny-vine mountain-fringe
EndemicSelected by author to be illustrated
Basionym: Fumaria fungosa Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 1. 1789
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Revision as of 19:53, 24 September 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer
Plants 0.5-4 m. Leaves 2-13 × 1-8 cm. Flowers: corolla white to pale pink or purplish, 10-17 × 3-7 mm. Capsules compressed-cylindric, ca. 10 mm. Seeds compressed-globose, lustrous. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat: Moist coves, rocky woods, ledges, alluvial slopes, and thickets
Elevation: 0-1500 m
Distribution
B.C., Man., N.B., N.S., Ont., Que., Conn., Del., Ill., Ind., Ky., Maine, Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.H., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Pa., R.I., Tenn., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Adlumia fungosa is apparently naturalized in southwestern British Columbia. It was reported to be "freely escaping" from a garden in Alberta (H. Groh 1949), and it is a casual, but usually not persisting, escape elsewhere.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.