Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis pseudocernua R.Knuth |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 139: 2 (1927) |
Native Range | Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 100-1400m |
Description | acaulescent, basal leaves 6-10, in rosette, leaflets 3, pilose, 4-5mm, broadly obcordate, long petiolate, flowers solitary, sepals lanceolate, acute, corolla 1cm, campanulate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Oxalis albella R.Knuth |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |