Hebrew: עשנן מטפס, Arabic: ريز الدجاج المتسلق
| Scientific name: | Fumaria capreolata L. | |
| Common name: | Ramping Fumitory | |
| Hebrew name: | עשנן מטפס | |
| Arabic name: | ريز الدجاج المتسلق | |
| Family: | Fumariaceae, עשנניים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Stems: | 10-80 cm, branched; sap colorless | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, rosette, dissected twice or more, dentate or serrate | |
| Inflorescence: | Terminal raceme, pedicel recurved in fruit; inflorescence much shorter than the relatively long peduncle | |
| Flowers: | Petals 9–14 mm; outer white to purple-tinged with purple or black-red tips | |
| Fruits / pods: | Capsule, globose to obovoid, smooth when dry, compressed laterally, 1-seeded | |
| Flowering Period: | January, February, March, April, May | |
| Habitat: | Batha, Phrygana | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Euro-Siberian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Fumaria, Latin fumus terrae, "smoke of the earth" and may refers to the smoky odour of some species in this genus or the smoky colour of some species when in flower. capreolata, capreolus, prop, support, tendril; having tendrils. The Hebrew name: ashnan, עשנן ,from ashan, עשן (smoke), according to the scientific name fumaria.
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