Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis virgosa Molina |
Bibliography | Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili: 132 (1782) |
Native Range | c. & n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-100m |
Description | stems short, tuberous, leaflets adaxially shiny, abaxially papilose, carnose, obcordate, deeply incised, peduncles with 1-5 flowers in umbel, sepals elliptic, acute |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Acetosella savignyana Kuntze Acetosella subcarnosa (Klotzsch ex Walp.) Kuntze Acetosella virgosa (Molina) Kuntze Oxalis gigantea Barnéoud Oxalis subcarnosa Klotzsch ex Walp. Oxalis virgosa Savigny |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLC Chile Central, CLN Chile North) |