Oxalis hirta

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Oxalis hirta
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. hirta
Binomial name
Oxalis hirta
L. (1753)
Synonyms [1]

Acetosella hirta(L.) Kuntze (1891)

Oxalis hirta, the tropical woodsorrel, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Oxalis . [3] [4] It is endemic to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa. [1]

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<i>Miconia crenata</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Oxalis violacea</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Oxalis stricta</i> Species of flowering plant

Oxalis stricta, called the common yellow woodsorrel, common yellow oxalis, upright yellow-sorrel, lemon clover, or more ambiguously and informally "sourgrass", "sheep weed", or "pickle plant", is a herbaceous plant native to North America, parts of Eurasia, and a rare introduction in Britain. It tends to grow in woodlands, meadows, and in disturbed areas as both a perennial and annual. Erect when young, this plant later becomes decumbent as it lies down, and branches regularly. It is not to be confused with similar plants in the same genus which are also often referred to as "yellow woodsorrel".

<i>Oxalis triangularis</i> Species of flowering plant

Oxalis triangularis, commonly called false shamrock, is a species of perennial plant in the family Oxalidaceae. It is native to several countries in southern South America. This woodsorrel is typically grown as a houseplant but can be grown outside in USDA climate zones 8a–11, preferably in light shade.

<i>Oxalis hedysaroides</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Oxalis tetraphylla</i> Species of flowering plant

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Oxalis dillenii, the southern wood-sorrel, slender yellow woodsorrel, or Dillen's oxalis, is a species in the woodsorrel family. Like other Oxalis species, the leaves of this plant resemble clover leaves, with three leaflets. The flowers have five yellow petals that are 4 to 10 mm in length. The leaflets are 1 to 2 cm wide with pointed hairs. The fruits are rather brown and are 1.5 to 2.5 cm. It is often considered a weed, and can be found worldwide, but likely originated in North America.

<i>Oxalis alpina</i> Species of flowering plant

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<i>Oxalis inaequalis</i> Species of flowering plant

Oxalis inaequalis is a bulb-forming species of flowering plant in the wood sorrel family. It is native to South Africa's Cape Provinces. Each plant produces a rosette of up to 70 succulent leaves, which occasionally produce aerial bulbs. The flowers are yellow and copper-coloured. The sepals are of unequal sizes, hence the specific epithet "inaequalis", which is Latin for "unequal".

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References

  1. 1 2 Oxalis hirta L. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  2. "Oxalis hirta". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  3. L. In: Sp. Pl. 434. (1753).
  4. Watson, Mark. “217. OXALIS HIRTA: Oxalidaceae.” The Kew Magazine, vol. 10, no. 2, 1993, pp. 59–63. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/45067016. Accessed 20 Aug. 2022.

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