Oxalis bowiei

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Bowie's wood-sorrel
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. bowiei
Binomial name
Oxalis bowiei

Oxalis bowiei, Bowie's wood-sorrel, [1] [2] red-flower woodsorrel, [3] or Cape shamrock , is a plant from the genus Oxalis , which is native to what was Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It has also been naturalized in Australia. [1]

It is named after James Bowie who collected plants for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew at the beginning of the 19th century. [2]

Its flowering stems may be a foot or more in height and are produced continuously for a considerable length of time during summer. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Oxalis bowiei". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  2. 1 2 Groom, Quentin (2019-03-15). "Typification of Oxalis bowiei W.T.Aiton ex G.Don (Oxalidaceae)". PhytoKeys (119): 23–30. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.119.33280. ISSN   1314-2003. PMC   6430744 . PMID   30930650.
  3. "Oxalis bowiei". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA . Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. "Oxalis bowieana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 December 2007.