Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis schaeferi R.Knuth |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 139: 3 (1927) |
Native Range | Namibia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1400-1500m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, leaflets bilobate, lobes ligulate or lorate-ovate, 3mm, glabrous, petioles glabrous, flowers pedicelate, sepals lanceolate, acute, 5mm, corolla 10-12mm |
Size | 5-18cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division of resting tubers |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (NAM Namibia) |