Oxalis laxa Hook. & Arn.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Oxalidaceae > Oxalis

Characteristics

Herbs annual, caulescent, <sometimes densely cespitose>, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulbs absent. Aerial stems 1–5 from base, erect, 0.5–7 cm, usually herbaceous, sometimes becoming ± woody proximally, hirtellous to villous-hirtellous. Leaves cauline; stipules rudimentary; petiole 1.5–6 cm; leaflets 3, green, obcordate, 5–12 mm, lobed 1/5 length, <lobes apically convex>, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits absent. Inflorescences racemes, 6–14-flowered; peduncles 3–15 cm. Flowers heterostylous; sepal apices without tubercles; petals yellow, 6–12 mm. Capsules ovoid to spheric, 3–5 mm, puberulent.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 20
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Distribution

Oxalis laxa world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Chile, Peru, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:178147-2
WFO ID wfo-0001089692
COL ID 6TF5L
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acetosella laxa Acetosella micrantha Acetosella puberula Acetosella pygmaea Acetosella alsinodes Acetosella cumingii Acetosella dichotomiflora Acetosella platycaulis Acetosella vinaquillo Oxalis deflexa Oxalis dichotomiflora Oxalis adenocaulos Oxalis torcana Oxalis rigida Oxalis vinaquillo Xanthoxalis micrantha Oxalis sanromanii Oxalis micrantha Oxalis geranioides Oxalis cumingii Oxalis brevicaulis Oxalis alsinoides Xanthoxalis laxa Oxalis platycaulis Oxalis umbellulata Oxalis laxa var. laxa Oxalis laxa var. hispidissima Oxalis laxa var. major Oxalis laxa var. minor Oxalis laxa var. rigida Oxalis laxa var. violacea Oxalis micrantha var. micrantha Oxalis micrantha var. alsinoides Oxalis micrantha var. purpurea Oxalis micrantha var. major Oxalis micrantha var. setifera Oxalis laxa Oxalis chosicensis