Oxalis stricta L.
Details
Oxalis stricta L., Sp. Pl. 434 (1753)
Oxalis stricta L.
Biostatus
Exotic
Absent
New Zealand
Political Region
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).
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
434
ICN
Oxalis stricta L.
species
Oxalis stricta
Classification
Synonyms
Descriptions
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
13 March 2002
6 July 2009