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Oxalis cuneifolia

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Identification
Oxalis cuneata Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2008 Oxalis cuneifolia Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Oxalis cuneata
  • Oxalis cuneifolia

Flora

Entry for OXALIS cuneata Jacq. [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 cuneata Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! tab. 40;—DC. No. 131.
OXALIS cuneifolia Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! t. 41. DC. No. 132.
Information
stipitate or caulescent, pubescent; leaflets flat, linear-oblong, cuneate, emarginate, thinly pubescent at each side, the lateral equal; scapes as long as the petiole; sepals lanceolate, 5 times shorter than the corolla. Bulb ovate, rather smaller than a hazel nut. Stipe or stem 2–3 inches. Petiole 2 inch long. Leaflets 1/2 inch long, two lines wide at the top. Sepals pubescent. Petals 8–10 lines long, white, yellow at base. Like O. linearis, but with cuneate leaflets, pubescent on both sides. It is known from O. mutabilis, Sond., by the narrower leaflets, the lateral equalling the medial, and all cuneate at base.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape. (v. s. Hb. Jacq.)

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