Oxalis livida Jacq.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Oxalidaceae > Oxalis

Characteristics

Caulescent geophyte with stem to 20 cm, often branched, bulb not beaked, scales with brown hairs at apex. Leaves trifoliolate, usually glabrous, leaflets deeply bilobed, purple beneath. Flowers 2-6 per peduncle, rose or lilac with yellowish tube.
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A herb. The stem is 20 cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The leaflets have 2 lobes. They are purple underneath. There are 2-6 flowers in a group. They are red with a yellow tube.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in the shade on rocky slopes between 80-350 m above sea level in South Africa.
Light -
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Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

The root is eaten as a snack.
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Edible roots
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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 livida world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:375089-1
WFO ID wfo-0001089675
COL ID 6TGC9
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Acetosella caprina Acetosella livida Oxalis livida Oxalis livida var. livida

Lower taxons

Oxalis livida var. altior