Citation: Lois. vaillantii Lois., J. Bot. (Desvaux) 2:358 (1809).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Broad-leaved fumitory.

Description:
Delicate herb with branches rarely more than 2 mm thick, often much-branched, with petioles of the upper cauline leaves usually absent.

Racemes longer than to about as long as the thread-like peduncle, with 8-13 flowers more or less widely spaced; bracts c. 1.5 mm long, about half to two-thirds of the flowering pedicels; sepals c. 1.5 x 0.5 mm, entire to dentate, white or pale-pink; petals (incl. spur) 5-6 mm long, pale-pink and tinged reddish-black towards the apex, scarcely keeled, smooth to often slightly rough.

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1948) Drawings Brit. Pl. 2:pl. 21.

Distribution:    Vic.   Native to Europe, the Mediterranean and Asia. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: At present known only from a single specimen from the old Leigh Creek township.

Author: Not yet available