Oxalis simplex T.M.Salter

A minute stemlesss marsh plant, 2-3 cm high. Bulb ovoid, slightly attenuate at the apex, up to 5 mm long; tunics papery, brown. Rhizome 1-4 cm long. Leaves 6-12, unifoliolate; petioles 0.3-2 cm long, sparsely and minutely glandular-pilose; lamina suborbicular, sometimes slightly retuse at the base and apex, 2-4 mm long, usually rather wider than long, sparsely and minutely glandular-ciliate, with a row of black calli near the margin beneath. Peduncles 1-fld, 1-2 cm long, minutely glandular-pilose, with 2 alternate callus-tipped bracts on the upper part. Sepals oblong-elliptical, obtuse, 2-2.5 mm long, glabrous, with purple margins and 2 red apical calli. Corolla campanulate, 0.9-1.1.cm long, white or rarely pale rose, with a very broad tube; petals cuneate-obovate, slightly attenuate at the base, 5-6 mm broad, obscurely veined, tinged with pale rose on the outer margin beneath. Filaments glabrous, the shorter 1.5-2.5, the longer 2.5-4 mm long, prominently gibbose. Ovary glabrous, the chambers 1-2-ovuled; styles glabrous. Seeds without endosperm.