Oxalis oligophylla T.M.Salter

Slender, stemless, almost glabrous, 12-16 cm high. Bulb more or less oval or oblong-oval, often deformed, 1.5-3 cm long, with hard black gummy tunics. Rhizome 2-4 cm long. Leaves 1-2, rarely 3; petioles slender, 6-12 cm long, purplish and sometimes very sparsely glandular-pilose on the lower part; leaflets 3, sessile narrow-linear, conduplicate, falcate particularly towards the apex, 4-6 cm long, up to 2 mm broad. Peduncles few, 1-fld., 12-16 cm long, with 2 minute bracts imbricating the calyx. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 4-5 mm long, purplish towards the margins, often minutely purple-streaked, sometimes sparsely pubescent, minutely penicillate at the apex, with 2 apical calli. Corolla 1.4-1.9 cm long, white, with a yellowish funnel-shaped tube; laminae of the petals obovate, indistinctly purple-veined, rather longer than the narrow claw. Filaments, the shorter 2.5-3.5 mm, the longer 3.5-6 mm long, minutely glandular-pilose, with subacute teeth. Ovary pubescent on the upper half, the chambers 2-3-ovuled; styles rather densely glandular-pilose with simple hairs admixed.