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Oxalis tuberosa Molina

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Oxalis tuberosa Molina
Oxalis tuberosa Molina

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Molina
Molina
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Oxalis tuberosa Molina
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Oxalis tuberosa

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tuberosa

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Oxalis tuberosa Molina

Rhizomatous perennial herb; tubers numerous, elongated, to c. 12 × 4 cm, with reddish pink skin and yellow flesh; scales many, minute and in a long groove, otherwise tubers smooth and shining. Stems numerous, erect, to c. 75 cm tall, hairy, green or purple, succulent, moderately thick. Lvs 3-(4)-foliolate, cauline, white-pilose. Petiole 3-8 cm long, slender; stipules 5-8 mm long, adnate to petiole, membranous. Lamina of leaflets equal, sessile, 10-32 × 8-30 mm, broad-obovate, hairy, the hairs denser beneath; apex emarginate; calli 0. Fls few in cymes; peduncles to 11 cm long, ± hairy; pedicels to 10 cm long, densely hairy. Bracts 4-5 mm long, subulate; calli 0. Sepals 7-10 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous except at base and apex; calli 0. Petals c. 1.5 cm long, obovate, yellow with dark red veins, glabrous. Stamens at 2 levels; filaments dilated below, upper whorl hairy in lower 1/2. Styles of intermediate length between stamen whorls, hairy. Capsule not seen.

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Oxalis tuberosa Molina
Oxalis tuberosa Molina

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Oxalis tuberosa Molina
New Zealand
Oxalis tuberosa Molina
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Oxalis tuberosa Molina
New Zealand
Otago Land District

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40d4d252-1a60-4c32-bcf1-f80c40712837
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1 January 2000
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