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Oxalis ceratilis

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Name

Identification
Oxalis ceratilis E.Mey.; nom. nud. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Oxalis corniculata L. [family OXALIDACEAE ] Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2012
Related name
  • Oxalis corniculata
  • Oxalis ceratilis

Flora

Entry for OXALIS corniculata Linn. [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 corniculata Linn. [family OXALIDACEAE], Sp. 624;—Thunb. diss. No. 20. Jacq.! t. 5. E & Z.! 648.
OXALIS pusilla Salisb. [family OXALIDACEAE], Linn. Soc. Trans. 2. p. 243. t. 23. f. 2.
OXALIS repens Thunb. [family OXALIDACEAE], Diss. No. 14. t. 1. Fl. Cap. No. 22. Jacq.! t. 58. f. 1. DC. No. 33. E & Z.! 649.
OXALIS ceratilis E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! Un. It. No. 595.
Information
root fibrous, branching; stems diffuse or creeping, filiform, pubescent, rooting at base; leaves on long petioles; leaflets obcordate, ciliate, villous or glabrous underneath; stipules oblong, adnate; peduncles axillary, 2–4-flowered, shorter than the leaf or longer; pedicels refracted in fruit; capsules pubescent. Dull green or whitish. Stems 6–12 inches long, herbaceous, with short branches. Petioles inch long or more, villous. Leaflets 3–4 lines long and wide. Peduncles bracteolate at the forking. Corolla small, yellow, about twice as long as the calyx.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Everywhere in cultivated ground, throughout the colony and in Caffraria. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D., &c.)

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