Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis peduncularis Kunth |
Synonyms | Oxalis longiscapa Willd. ex Zucc. |
Oxalis umbellata Kunze ex R.Knuth | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-4000m |
Description | leaves trifoliolate, leaflets 6x5mm, retuse, glabrous or softly hirsute, flowers 1-3, 13mm long, purple-striate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | rich orange |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Southern America
Western South America (Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | OXALIDACEAE
peduncularis pilosa Hieron., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 20(3, Beibl. 49): 33 (1895)
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