Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis primuloides R.Knuth |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 139: 5 (1927) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 300-450m |
Description | leaves minute, 6-7mm, leaflets 3, sessile, densely sericeous, linear-lanceolate, 3mm long, petioles sericeous, 1-4, sepals ovate-lanceolate, petals 15mm |
Size | 3-6cm |
Color | white, rose |
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 subsericea R.Knuth Oxalis xerophila T.M.Salter |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |