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Oxalis cylindrica

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Name

Identification
Oxalis tenella Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by HBG-formal name change, 2008 Oxalis cylindrica E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for OXALIS tenella 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 tenella Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! tab. 19;—DC. No. 125.
OXALIS divergens E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 722.
OXALIS cylindrica E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE]
Information
bulb ovate, brown; stem weak, leafy above the middle, very thinly puberulent; lower leaves alternate, uppermost crowded; petiole slender, not wing-stipulated at base; leaflets obcordate, glabrous above, puberulous underneath; peduncles longer than the leaves, puberulous, bibracteolate above the middle; sepals lanceolate, hairy, 6 times shorter than the corolla. Bulb 1/2 inch. Stem 2–3 inches. Petioles slender, upper 1–2 inches, lower few and short. Leaves 3–4 lines long, 2–3 lines wide, in some specimens equally wide and long. Peduncles 2–3 inches, mostly terminal, a few axillary. Sepals acuminate, 1 1/2–2 lines long, sometimes with minute, golden calli at the point. Corolla 8–10 lines long, pale violaceous.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Moist soil, near Brackfontein, Clanw., E. & Z.! Hills near Bergeriver, Drege! June. (Herb. Vind., E. Mey., Lehm., Sond.)

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