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Oxalis lanata

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Identification
Oxalis lanata L.f. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for OXALIS obtusa 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 obtusa Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! tab. 79. f. 1.;—Thunb.! Cap. No. 8.
OXALIS lanata Thunb. var. 4. [family OXALIDACEAE], Diss. p. 10. Willd. Sp. p. 29. DC. No. 137. E. & Z.! 732.
OXALIS cuneata [family OXALIDACEAE], Un. It. No. 587.
OXALIS thermarum E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 733.
OXALIS lacunosa E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 734.
OXALIS cuprea Lodd. [family OXALIDACEAE], E. & Z.! 735.
OXALIS ciliaflora E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], 736.
OXALIS pulchella E & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], 711, ex pte.
OXALIS plagiantha E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE], Zey.! 232, 2107, 2109, 2111, 2122.
Information
stemless or stipitate, densely pubescent, with an angular and pitted bulb; leaflets obcordate, thickly puberulous above, hollow-dotted on each side; scape longer than the leaves, bibracteolate above the middle; sepals oblong, rather obtuse, 3–4 times shorter than the corolla. Bulb ovate, blackish. Stipe short, if any. Petioles in the smaller var. 1 inch, in the larger 2 inches long. Leaflets slightly or deeply obcordate, sometimes callous-dotted at margin. Scape 2–3 inches long. Bracteoles opposite, lanceolate, 2 lines long. Corolla 8–10 lines long, reddish-purple or brick-dust colour, with a yellow base, and ample, glabrous or pubescent and ciliolate limb. Readily known by its angular and deeply pitted bulbs.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Var. α. and β. common round Capetown and throughout the western districts: Uitenhage: and Klein-Namaqualand, &c., &c., Thunberg, E. & Z.! Drege! &c. (Herb. Holm., Vind., E. Mey., T.C.D., Sond.)

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