Family: Oxalidaceae
Oxalis compressa
Citation:
L.f., Suppl. 243 (1782).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Bulbs ovoid, 1-2 cm long, pointed; tunics brown; bulbils formed on the rhizome; rhizome long; stem hardly exserted; leaves 5-20; petioles 10-17 cm, compressed or narrowly winged, villous, broadened at the base; leaflets 3, obcordate, 1-5 cm long, 1-5 cm broad, glabrous above, pubescent below, ciliate.
Peduncle 5-25 cm, with 5-15 flowers in an umbel, rarely with 1 flower; sepals lanceolate, 6-9 mm long, sparsely to densely pubescent, sometimes with a dark spot at the base and the top; petals yellow, 15-20 mm long.
Capsules 10-16 mm long, with some hairs to sparsely pubescent.
| Oxalis compressa leaf and section of petiole.
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Image source: fig 386b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Dyer (1962) Flowering Plants of Africa, 35:pl. 1364.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: EP, NL, YP, SL. native to South Africa. Probably a garden escape.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: July — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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