Compilation
Oxalis purpurea

59 Images see all

Previous
Next

Name

Identification
Oxalis purpurea L. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Oxalis speciosa
  • Oxalis ciliaris
  • Oxalis eckloniana
  • Oxalis breviscapa
  • Oxalis laburnifolia
  • Oxalis purpurea
  • Oxalis decipiens
  • Oxalis strictophylla
  • Oxalis aemula
  • Oxalis stictophylla
  • Oxalis variabilis
  • Oxalis approximata

Flora

Entry for OXALIS purpurea Thunb. [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 purpurea Thunb. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! Cap. 535., excl. syn. Jacq.;—E. & Z.! 707.
OXALIS speciosa E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 706. Herb. Un. It. 585.
OXALIS grandiflora Sieb. [family OXALIDACEAE], Fl. Cap. 123, ex pte.
OXALIS laxula E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], 708.
OXALIS variabilis E. Mey. a [family OXALIDACEAE], !
OXALIS variabilis E. Mey. b [family OXALIDACEAE], !
OXALIS humilis E. Mey. [family OXALIDACEAE], !
OXALIS purpurea E. Mey. β [family OXALIDACEAE], !
Information
pubescent or nearly glabrous; bulb rather small, ovate, blackish, often several in a cluster; leaflets subequal, roundish, emarginate, glabrous above, livid purple, dotted and more or less pilose beneath, ciliated, the medial not cuneate; petiole terete; scape longer than the leaves, bibracteolate; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, many times shorter than the corolla, the claws of the petals united in a narrow tube equalling the limb or longer. 2–4 inches high. Bulb 1/2-uncial. Petioles 1–2-uncial. Leaflets 4–6 lines long and wide, all equal, or the medial a very little larger. Cor. slender, uncial, longer or shorter, with a yellowish tube and spreading, mostly deep purple limb: rarely pale or whitish.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sandy places among shrubs, in the Cape Flats and round the town, common also in Cape and Stellenbosch districts. Zey. 234, 2113, 2112, 2115. (Herb. Thunb., T.C.D., Vind., E. Mey., Lehm., Sond.)

Related Materials