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Oxalis florida

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Name

Identification
Oxalis florida Salisb. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Oxalis adspersa
  • Oxalis corniculata
  • Oxalis florida
  • Oxalis stricta
  • Oxalis lyonii
  • Oxalis dillenii

Flora

Entry for OXALIS florida E. Mey. [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 florida E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE], !
Information
stipitate or caulescent, rarely stemless; stem below with a few scales or leaves, many-leafed at summit; leaves on short petioles; leaflets oblong-cuneate, acutely emarginate, green above, glabrous, veinless, not dotted, hairy underneath and ciliated; scapes equalling or exceeding the petiole, bi-bracteolate; sepals lanceolate, 4 times shorter than the corolla. Stipe or stem a span long, scaly from the base, the scales now and then leaf-bearing. Petioles of the upper leaves 1/2 inch long, hairy. Leaflets 4–6 lines long, two lines wide, the mid-rib impressed on the upper surface, but without visible veins. Scapes and sepals hairy. Corolla 10 lines long, with a yellowish tube; limb white, red or violet-purple.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Hills in Rhinosterbosjes, Zwartland, Drege! Wolverivier, Burke and Zeyher! Krumm River, Zey.! 1890, 1891, June. (Herb. E Mey., Vind., Hook., T.C.D., Sond.).

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