Oxalis
ajbroome@xtra.co.nz (Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:28:20 PST)
Mary Sue,
I have found Oxalis tomentosa in Cape Plants so I can
now write about it. Except that book says it has white
flowers like Bill's and hairy trifoliate leaves and in
his picture the leaves although wonderfully hairy don't
look trifoliate to me.
The plant I grow as O. tomentosa is certainly *not*
trifoliate but is definitely very hairy. I've never
had it flower. Salter says that O. tomentosa has 5 to 15
leaves with 10 to 20 leaflets, peltately spreading. This
matches my plant but doesn't match this:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?D525124A6
My plant, although not obtained through him, looks like
Bills.
Keeping the Oxalis straight is a challenge.
It's all good clean fun though :)
Andrew.