Texas Oxalis?
John C. MacGregor (Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:47:01 PST)
Justin,
You did not say whether your oxalis is a native or not. O.
violacae, widely distributed through the southeast, north to
Missouri, has purplish-green foliage, purple below:
http://missouriplants.com/Bluealt/…
http://cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/…
Oxalis articulata v. rubra (O. rubra) has all-green foliage, but is
otherwise similar. It is mainly spring-blooming, in flower now here
in southern California:
http://alabamaplants.com/Pinkalt/…
http://lh5.ggpht.com/luirig/R5xiRpTeP-I/…
oxalis_articulata_1.jpg
John C. MacGregor
South Pasadena, CA
USDA Zone 9
Sunset Zones 21/23
On Mar 6, 2010, at 5:10 PM, Eugene Zielinski wrote:
If your oxalis is an east Texas wildflower, most likely it is O.
violacea,
a species with plain green leaves that blooms in the spring. I
don't know
if it is tuberous or not.
Eugene Zielinski
Augusta, GA
USA
[Original Message]
From: Justin Smith
Date: 3/6/2010 4:33:08 PM
Subject: [pbs] Texas Oxalis?