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Oxalis virginea

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Name

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

Entry for OXALIS virginea 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 virginea Jacq. [family OXALIDACEAE], Schoenb. t. 275;—DC. No. 47.
Information
caulescent, downy in all parts; bulb oblong, striate; stem erect, leafy, ramulose; leaves petiolate, the upper aggregate; lateral leaflets oblong, medial obovate-cuneate; peduncles shorter than the leaf; sepals oblongo-lanceolate, 3–4 times shorter than the corolla. Bulb inch long. Stem four inches to a span long. Petioles uncial or shorter. Medial leaflets 8–10 lines long, four lines wide, lateral half inch. Petals six lines long, sulphur-coloured at base, with a white limb.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Cape, Jacquin. (Not preserved in Herb. Jacquin.)
Notes
Possibly a caulescent form of the following.

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