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Oxalis depressa

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Oxalis dammeriana Schltr. [family OXALIDACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Oxalis depressa Eckl. & Zeyh. [family OXALIDACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Oxalis dammeriana
  • Oxalis depressa
  • Oxalis otaviensis
  • Oxalis dammieriana
  • Oxalis algoensis
  • Oxalis commutata

Flora

Entry for OXALIS collina E. & Z. [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 collina E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], ! 710
OXALIS depressa E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], 713.
OXALIS pubescens E. & Z. [family OXALIDACEAE], 713.
Information
bulb ovate, blackish; petiole, scape and calyx densely pubescent; leaflets roundish-obovate, somewhat wavy-crenulate, thinly pilose above, at length glabrous, concave-dotted, villoso-tomentose underneath, the medial cuneate, the lateral smaller, often unequal; scape longer than the leaf, bibracteolate under the calyx; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, thrice as short as the wide-tubed, funnel-shaped corolla; claws of the petals equalling the limb. Bulb 6–8 lines long. Petioles 1–2-uncial. Lateral leaflets rounded, oblique. Scapes 2–3-uncial. Calyx 4 lines long. Corolla uncial or nearly so, with yellowish tube, reddish white limb, often margined with purple externally and dotted here and there near the apex with black calli.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Sand Hills at Port Elizabeth. Moist sandy places at Onaggaasvlakte, E. & Z.! Zwartkop's river, Zey! 2108. Apl.-Sep. (Herb. Lehm. Sond.).

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