Oxalidaceae
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Plant Attributes:
Plant Type:
SA Distribution:
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Flowering season:
PH:
Flower colour:
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Gardening skill:
Special Features:
Horticultural zones
Species
1a Species with a peduncle more than 1-flowered:
O. pes-caprae L. Geelsuring.
Stem-less; leaves usually basal, trifoliolate, leaflets heart-shaped, glabrous above, hairy beneath; flowers yellow, peduncle 3-20-flowered.
b Species with peduncle 1-flowered. The majority of species have 1-flowered stalks and may be grouped as follows:
2a Leaves unifoliolate (1) or leaves 4- or more-foliolate:
O. tomentosa L.f. Vingersuring.
Stem-less; densely silky hairy; leaflets 10-20, much longer than broad, base wedge-shaped; flowers white with a yellow tube [slide]
2b Leaves trifoliolate (with 3 leaflets):
3a Peduncular bracts at an articulation:
O. zeekoevleyensis R.Kunth .
Stem-less; leaflets heart-shaped, sparsely hairy below; flowers rosy lilac with a yellow tube.
3b Peduncular bracts not at an articulation or lacking:
4a Plants with leafy stems, lower leaves sessile (without a stalk) or sub-sessile (with a short stalk)
O. hirta L.
Stems 0.05-0.3 m high; leaflets grey-green, long and narrow, inversely ovate, hairy below; flowers mauve, magenta or white with a yellow tube.
4b Leaves apically congested and distinctly petiolate:
5a Leaflets linear, folded together lengthwise:
O. versicolor L.
Stems up to 0.2 m tall, sometimes branching; leaflets often with marginal thickenings; flowers white with a yellow tube and reddish purple margins.
5b Leaflets oblong to heart-shaped, succulent (fleshy):
O. pulchella Jacq.
Stem-less; leaflets fleshy, almost flat with a ± circular outline; hairy below; flowers salmon or rose.
5c Leaflets non-succulent:
O. purpurea L.
Stemless; leaflets transversely obovate, ciliate, hairy and purple beneath, black-streaked when dry; flowers purple, yellow or white with a yellow tube.
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