Family | OXALIDACEAE |
Genus species | Oxalis jacquiniana Kunth |
Bibliography | Nov. Gen. Sp. [F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C..S.Kunth] 5: 235 (1822) |
Native Range | Mexico to Guatemala |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves few, ternate, long petiolate, leaflets glabrous, 5-6mm, broadly obcordate, petioles glabrous, peduncles 3-6-flowered, sepals broadly linear, glabrous, petals 13mm |
Size | 8-18cm |
Color | violet |
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 |
Synonyms | Acetosella grahamiana (Benth.) Kuntze Acetosella jacquiniana (Kunth) Kuntze Ionoxalis grahamiana Small Ionoxalis jacquiniana Rose Ionoxalis obliqua Rose ex Small Ionoxalis quadriglandula Rose ex Small Ionoxalis trinervia Rose ex Small Oxalis grahamiana Benth. Oxalis obliqua (Rose ex Small) R.Knuth Oxalis quadriglandula (Rose ex Small) R.Knuth Oxalis tenera Willd. ex Zucc. Oxalis trinervia (Rose ex Small) R.Knuth |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala) |