Oxalis
Robin Attrill (Mon, 24 Nov 2003 14:35:02 PST)
Mary Sue,
Some comments:-
And does anyone have any information about Oxalis tomentosa which is
illustrated by Bill Dijk?
It is a South African species & should be moved to that page.
Other additions to the South African page are a picture of Oxalis karooica
furnished by Andrew Wilson of his plants currently in bloom ...
As discussed in previous Emails O karooica does not appear in IPNI or the
mainstream Oxalis literature (including Salters book). The plant illustrated
may be a colour form of O gracilis.
.........From my experience it increases much faster than the
Oxalis I have from Michael Vassar he identified as O. caprina which has
tiny tufted leaves. That one is supposed to be weedy. Anyone outside of
South Africa found that to be true?
The photos on the wiki labelled as O caprina are not this species which has
multiple flowered peduncles. Michael Vassars collection list (which I am
editing to a suitable format for posting on the wiki) does not allocate
MV4674 to this taxon - it is un-named with a tentative assignment of O.
imbricata. It is not this either! I have the plant in my collection but have
not keyed it out.
Regards
Robin