Oxalis enneaphylla Cav.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Oxalidaceae > Oxalis

Characteristics

A bulb plant. It grows 8-10 cm high and 10-15 cm wide. The leaves are fleshy and blue-green. They are hairy. The leaves are umbrella shaped with 9 or more pleated segments. The flowers are white or pink with dark veins. Several flowers occur singly.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.3
Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.09
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is frost hardy. It grows on cliffs in the Falkland Islands. It grows in cool temperate regions. In Argentina it grows from sea level to 2,600 m above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 6-9.
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Coastal sands, open grassland, open scrub, screes and rock crevices.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Caution: It can be high in oxalates.
Uses -
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:374887-1
WFO ID wfo-0001089926
COL ID 75F9F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acetosella enneaphylla Oxalis cunninghamii Oxalis patagonica Oxalis ibarii Oxalis pumila d'urv. Oxalis frigida Oxalis enneaphylla Oxalis enneaphylla subsp. ibarii Oxalis enneaphylla var. patagonica Oxalis enneaphylla subsp. enneaphylla Oxalis enneaphylla var. pumila