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Oxalis stricta L.

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

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Exotic
Absent
New Zealand
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The record of O. stricta is based on a single specimen collected from the Wellington coast in 1908 by H. H. Travers and is cited as this species by Lourteig (1979, p. 74).

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L.
L.
1753
434
ICN
Oxalis stricta L.
species
Oxalis stricta

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stricta

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Oxalis stricta L.

Erect or ascending, sts scrambling herb up to 2-(3) dm. tall, from a stout to slender sts multicipital stock merging into a long taproot. Lower branches wiry decumbent then ascending; upper ± spreading, glab. to pilose. Lvs trifoliolate, on slender glab. to pilose petioles up to 2 cm. or more long; stipules 0 or occ. present and minute. Lflts rather pale green, obovate, emarginate, cuneately narrowed to base, 8-10-(20) mm. diam., us. glabrate, margins sts ciliate, sinus us. rather broad. Peduncles up to ± 15 cm. long, (1)-5-(8)-fld; pedicels up to ± 1 cm. long; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, minute. Fls ± 5 mm. diam.; sepals narrow-ovate, subacute, ± 6 mm. long; petals yellow, obovate to cuneiform, ± 8 mm. long. Capsule 10-15 mm. long, cylindric, clad in long hairs or glabrate; styles persistent. Seeds several to many, brown, glossy.

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Oxalis stricta L.
Oxalis stricta L.
Oxalis stricta L.
Oxalis stricta L.
Oxalis stricta L.
Oxalis urvillei A.Cunn.
Oxalis stricta L.

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13 March 2002
6 July 2009
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