Oxalis reclinata Jacq.

Species

Angiosperms > Oxalidales > Oxalidaceae > Oxalis

Characteristics

Erect, caulescent and branched or rarely acaulescent geophyte, up to 300 mm tall, minutely pubescent with whitish hairs. Bulb tunics soft, papery, brown. Leaves clustered terminally and on short branches along stem, leaflets 3 or 5, linear-cuneate or narrowly cuneateobovate, usually conduplicate-falcate, notched at apex. Flowers 1 per peduncle, with alternate bracts towards calyx, salmon pink or pale lilac, with a yellow or greenish yellow tube.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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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 reclinata world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:375338-1
WFO ID wfo-0001089849
COL ID 4BBDY
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Synonyms

Oxalis minutifolia Oxalis gymnoclada Acetosella ramigera Oxalis reclinata Oxalis ramigera Oxalis reclinata var. reclinata

Lower taxons

Oxalis reclinata var. micromera Oxalis reclinata var. quinata