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Oxalis tenella

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Name

Identification
Oxalis decora R.Knuth [family OXALIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Oxalis tenella Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Oxalis punctata
  • Oxalis decora
  • Oxalis divergens
  • Oxalis tenella
  • Oxalis cylindrica
  • Oxalis rupestris

Flora

Entry for OXALIS minuta 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 minuta Thunb. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! diss. 2. t. 2;—Jacq. t. 79. f. 2.
OXALIS tenella Lodd. [family OXALIDACEAE], Bot. Cab. t. 1096, non Jacq.
OXALIS litoralis E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 703.
Information
stemless, slender, glabrous; leaves numerous; leaflets oblong or oval, obtuse or retuse, quite even on both sides or minutely dotted underneath, the medial petiolulate; scapes longer than the leaves, bi-bracteolate; sepals lanceolate, 4–5 times shorter than the corolla. 1–2 inches high, with a small, ovate bulb. Petioles 1/2 inch. Leaflets 3–4 lines long, two lines wide, or less, without glands. Scape 2–3 times longer than the leaf, with setaceous bracteoles. Corolla uncial, the tube yellowish, limb white, sometimes edged with lilac externally. Var. β. has leaflets 6–7 lines long, 3–4 lines wide, with a naked or ciliolate margin.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Hills round Capetown and on Hott. Hollandsberg, Thunberg, &c. β. Paar-devalley and Hott. Holl. E. & Z.! Ap.–Jul. (Herb. Thunb., Vind., T.C.D., Sond.)

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