OXALIS sericeaLin. f. [family OXALIDACEAE], Suppl. p. 243;—Thunb. Diss. No. 13. Jacq.! tab. 77. f. 1. DC. No. 59. E. & Z.! 658. Herb. Un. It. 592. Zey.! 120.
Information
stemless, or shortly stipitate; leaves on long petioles; petioles and scapes hairy; leaflets obcordate, silky; scape longer than the leaves, umbellate; flowers nodding; sepals lanceolate, hairy, 2–3 times shorter than the corolla. Stipe, if present, short and scaly. Petioles numerous, 1–3 inch. long. Leaflets wider than long, hairy above, at length glabrous, silky-tomentose underneath, the larger 8 lines broad, 6 lines long. Scapes twice as long as the leaves, or longer, umbelliferous; pedicels 4–12, unequal, the longer uncial, with two ovate bracts at base. Corolla 1/2 inch long, yellow.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA In ditches, by road sides, and on the hills round Capetown and Wynberg, &c. Common among shrubs at Koopman's River, E. & Z.! Ap.-Jun. (Herb. Sond., T.C.D., &c.)
