Texas Oxalis?
John C. MacGregor (Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:22:17 PST)
On Mar 6, 2010, at 1:32 PM, Justin Smith wrote:
I was wondering if anyone could identify this oxalis that I have
growing in my yard. I dug one up a couple of years ago and put in a
pot but it so far has failed to multiply.
Justin,
Unfortunately, your photo does not show the foliage or the
configuration of the plant--or more importantly, the root. The
flowers look like those of the very common oxalis popularly known as
Oxalis rubra, a native of Brazil. This species was reclassified in
1982 as:
Oxalis articulata subsp. rubra (A. St.-Hil.) Lourteig in Phytologia 50
(2): 137. 1982.
It spreads via seed or by breaking off the bulblets that form around
the main translucent whitish carrot-shaped root during cultivation or
transplanting.
John C. MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA
USDA Zone 9
Sunset Zones 21/23