Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis adenodes Sond. |
Bibliography | Fl. Cap. [W.H.Harvey & auct. suc., eds.] 1: 334 (1860) |
Native Range | n. Cape Prov. |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | acaulescent, petiole thin, scape and calyx shortly glandular hirsute, leaflets rounded, adaxially appresed hirsute, abaxially punctate, at margins glandular |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | whitish |
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 | Acetosella adenodes (Sond.) Kuntze Oxalis aureociliata L.Bolus Oxalis ipomaeiflora Schltr. ex Knuth Oxalis magnibulbosa R.Knuth Oxalis zonulata L.Bolus |
Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces) |