Oxalis burtoniae T.M.Salter

Slender, erect, caulescent, 6-17 cm high, finely and sparsely pubescent. Bulb globose-ovoid, acute at the apex, slightly attenuate towards the base, about 1.5 cm long, with smooth blackish-brown tunics. Rhizome very slender, 20 cm or more long, rubescent towards the point of emergence, the scales small. Stem 1-9 cm long, rubescent towards the base, green above, with 1-2 scales. Leaves about 6-8, apically congested; petioles filiform, 3-5 cm long; leaflets 7, more rarely 5-6, shortly petiolulate, linear, conduplicate, minutely emarginate, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 1-2 mm broad, glabrous above, with 2 small apical calli. Peduncles 1-fld., terminal, 3-8 cm long, rubescent, with 2 small alternate bracts near the apex. Sepals narrow-lanceolate, reddish, about 7 mm long, ciliate especially on the lower half, with 2 small orange-red apical calli. Corolla 2.5-3 cm long, yellow, with a narrow tube; laminae of the petals broadly obovate, minutely pubescent near the margin, about as long as the narrow claw. Filaments, the shorter 3-3.5 mm, the longer 4.5-7 mm long, glabrous or sparsely glandular-pilose, with short teeth. Ovary pubescent on the upper half, the chambers 3-ovuled; styles pubescent below, glandular-pilose above.