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Oxalis versicolor L.

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Oxalis versicolor L., Sp. Pl. 434 (1753)
Oxalis versicolor L.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
434
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Oxalis versicolor L.
species
Oxalis versicolor

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versicolor

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Oxalis versicolor L.

Perennial herb; bulb with black, ± shining tunic. Stems erect, to 15 cm tall, glabrous or somewhat hairy, pink, with most lvs clustered at top. Lvs 3-foliolate. Petiole 0.2-5 cm long, hairy; stipules adnate to petiole, inconspicuous. Lamina of leaflets sessile, ± equal, 7-14 × 1.5-4 mm, narrow-linear to linear-oblong, broadest at apex, glabrous above, hairy below; apex emarginate with orange calli on each side of groove. Fls solitary; peduncle 2-4 cm long, hairy. Bracts 1.5-2.5 mm long, narrow-linear; calli prominent. Sepals 3.5-5 mm long, oblong-elliptic, hairy; calli 2, orange. Petals (1.3)-1.6-1.9 cm long, obovate and somewhat oblique, white with prominent rose margin (appearing striped in the convolute bud), glandular-hairy outside. Stamens at 2 levels; longer whorl much > styles; filaments minutely puberulent, dilated in lower 1/2. Styles intermediate between the 2 stamen whorls, 2-2.5 mm long, puberulent. Capsule not seen.

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Oxalis versicolor L.
Oxalis versicolor L.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Oxalis versicolor L.
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Oxalis versicolor L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District

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7e5f5c09-1f3d-49bd-99b6-02597ae23953
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1 January 2000
12 April 2022
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