| Oxalis bifida | |
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| Flower of Oxalis bifida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
| Genus: | Oxalis |
| Species: | O. bifida |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxalis bifida | |
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Oxalis bifida is a species of plant. [1] [2] The species was originally described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1794 [3] [1]
A geophyte. [4]
Endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa. [5]
A shade loving plant. [6]
Is susceptible to an anther-smut fungus ( Thecaphora capensis). [7]
Edible. [8]
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Described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1781. [9]
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