Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis bulbocastanum Phil. |
Bibliography | Anales Univ. Chile 82: 1095 (1893) |
Native Range | n. Chile |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 200-700m |
Description | leaves ternate, petiolate, leaflets obcordate, glabrous, rather carnose, peduncles in the middle ramose, flowers pedicellate, in umbel, usually of five |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Oxalis breana Phil. Oxalis occidentalis R.Knuth Oxalis thyrsoidea Reiche |
Territory | 8 Southern America 85 Southern South America (CLN Chile North) |