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Oxalis commutata

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Identification
Oxalis commutata Sond. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Oxalis dammeriana
  • Oxalis depressa
  • Oxalis erubescens
  • Oxalis convexula
  • Oxalis commutata

Flora

Entry for OXALIS commutata 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 commutata Sond. [family OXALIDACEAE]
OXALIS tenella E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 727. E. Mey.! non Jacq.
OXALIS minima E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 729 (incorrectly described).
OXALIS erubescens E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE], !
OXALIS livescens E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! (leaves livid beneath).
Information
glabrous; bulb ovate, smooth; leaflets sub-rotund, obtuse or emarginate, cellular and whitish above, green, minutely punctate and veiny beneath; scapes much longer than the leaves, bibracteolate above the middle; sepals lanceolate, acute, bicallous, 3–4 times shorter than the corolla; claws of the petals equalling the lamina or shorter. Varying from about an inch to nearly a span long. Leaflets 3–4 lines long. Corolla 8–10 lines, with a yellowish claw and violet or rosy limb.—Very like the following in all its parts, but differing in the thinner leaflets, evidently veiny, pale and cellular above, and not hollow dotted beneath.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy places round Capetown, and on the Cape Flats; Grootepost, Paarlberg, Zwartland, and Hex River, common. β. Wolverivier, Zeyher. (Herb. Holm., E. Mey., Vind., Hook., T.C.D., Sond.)

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