Family: Oxalidaceae
Oxalis incarnata
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 433 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Pale woodsorrel.
Description:
Bulbs ovoid, c. 1.5 cm long; tunics brown; bulbils formed on the rhizome and in the leaf axils; rhizome 3-8 cm; stem erect, 5-25 cm, branching; leaves crowded at the top of the branches of the stem, 4-10 in pseudo-whorls; petioles 1-5 cm, broadened at the base; leaflets 3, obcordate, 6-10 mm long, 9-12 mm broad, some calli along the upper margin.
Flowers axillary, solitary; sepals oblong, c. 6 mm long, with some short hairs and several converging calli near the apex; petals a pale pinkish-purple, greenish at the base, 14-22 mm long.
Fruits unknown here.
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Image source: fig 385c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Dyer (1958) Flowering Plants of Africa, 32:pl. 1275.
Distribution:
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Probably a garden escape.
S.Aust.: EP, SL, SE. W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Native to South Africa.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.
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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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