Family: Oxalidaceae
Oxalis purpurea
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 433 (1753).
Synonymy: O. variabilis Jacq., Oxal. 89 (1794).
Common name: One o'clock, large-flowered wood-sorrel.
Description:
Bulbs ovoid, 1-3.5 cm long; tunics blackish- brown, rigid, gummy; rhizome to 15 cm; stem hardly exserted; leaves 5-30; petioles 1-7 cm, sparsely or densely villous, broadened at the base; leaflets 3, broadly obovate to rhomboid, 1-3 cm long, 1-3 cm broad, often emarginate, glabrous above, with hairs only on the nerves to pubescent below, with numerous little pellucid dots.
Flowers solitary; sepals lanceolate, 7-8 mm long, glabrous with some hairs at the top to pubescent, with longitudinal pellucid lines; petals pink to purple, sometimes white, yellow at the base, 15-40 mm long.
Fruits unknown here.
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Image source: fig 385e in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
C. Lamp (1976) Weeds in Australia, p. 230; Morley & Toelken (1983) Flowering plants in Australia, p. 210.
Distribution:
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Probably a garden escape.
S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Native to South Africa.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: April — Nov.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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