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Oxalis approximata

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Identification
Oxalis approximata Sond. [family OXALIDACEAE ] Oxalis eckloniana C.Presl [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Oxalis bolusii R.Knuth [family OXALIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Oxalis eckloniana
  • Oxalis bifolia
  • Oxalis bolusii
  • Oxalis purpurea
  • Oxalis approximata

Flora

Entry for OXALIS approximata Sond. [family OXALIDACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 1, page 312, (1894) Author: (By W. SONDER.)
Names
OXALIS approximata Sond. [family OXALIDACEAE]
OXALIS ciliaris E. Mey. b [family OXALIDACEAE], !(non a.)
Information
stemless or stipitate, hairy; leaves 3–6; leaflets oblong, obtuse, somewhat narrowed at base, with a slightly incurved margin, ciliated with rigid hairs, quite even above, concave-dotted underneath; scapes equalling the leaves, ebracteolate; sepals lanceolate, four times shorter than the corolla. Nearly allied to the preceding, this differs in its brownish bulb twice as large, hairy petiole and scape, rigidly ciliate leaflets (eight lines long, 2 1/2–3 lines wide) obtuse and rounded at each end, not emarginate; in the longer calyx, and corolla with shorter tube. Corolla yellow at base, with a blush-white limb.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Piquetberg, Pietersfontein, Drege! 3209. Jul. (Herb. E. Mey., Sond.)

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