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pink oxalis, pink sorrell, windowbox wood-sorrel

Drummond's wood-sorrel

Habit Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes present, thick, woody, irregularly nodulate-segmented, often covered with persistent petiole bases, stolons absent, bulbs absent. Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulb solitary; bulb scales 3-nerved, margins villous-ciliate on distal 1/3–1/2.
Leaves

basal;

petiole 11–30 cm;

leaflets 3, green to purplish abaxially, green adaxially, rounded-obcordate, 18–20 mm, margins densely loosely ciliate, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, lobes apically convex, surfaces evenly strigose-villous to strigose-hirsute, oxalate deposits in dots concentrated mostly toward margins or over whole surface.

basal;

petiole 5–16 cm;

leaflets 3, green, sometimes with red splotches in irregular medial band adaxially, obtriangular to obcordate, (6–)14–34 mm, lobed 1/4–4/5 length, lobes apically convex to nearly truncate, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits absent.

Inflorescences

usually umbelliform cymes, less commonly in irregular cymes, 3–12-flowered;

scapes 12–28 cm, sparsely strigose.

umbelliform cymes, 3–10-flowered;

scapes (7–)11–23 cm, glabrous.

Flowers

heterostylous;

sepal apices with 2 orange tubercles;

petals usually purplish rose to red, rarely white, 10–14 mm.

distylous or rarely homostylous;

sepal apices with 2(–6) orange, linear, thickened, apically confluent tubercles;

petals white to pale green proximally with green veins, pink to violet or purple-violet distally, (8–)15–23 mm.

Capsules

ovoid, 4–8 mm, sparsely strigose.

cylindric, 4–12 mm, hairy.

2n

= 42.

= 14.

Oxalis articulata

Oxalis drummondii

Phenology Flowering Mar–Jul. Flowering Mar–Nov.
Habitat Disturbed places, especially near gardens, lawns, fields, roadsides. Sandy-gravelly soils, limestone soils, disturbed areas, prairies, limestone hills, open woodlands, chaparral.
Elevation 0–250 m. (0–800 ft.) 20–300 m. (100–1000 ft.)
Distribution
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AL; AR; CA; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; OK; OR; SC; TX; VA; South America (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay) [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Europe, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia]
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from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion

Oxalis articulata in the United States commonly has been identified as O. rubra. Oxalis rubra was treated at subspecific rank by A. Lourteig (1982), but subsp. articulata and subsp. rubra have essentially the same native range and occur in similar habitats. Lourteig identified both subspecies in the United States, noting in her key that vestiture is reduced and the sepals are broader in subsp. rubra. Evidence is weak for recognizing more than a single entity. In the Flora of Panama (Lourteig 1980), she recognized only O. articulata, noting that it is naturalized in other parts of America and in the Old World.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Oxalis drummondii is found in the flora area in central and southern Texas. Reports of this species from Arizona, New Mexico, and trans-Pecos Texas are based on misidentifications of O. latifolia and O. metcalfei.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 12, p. 153. FNA vol. 12, p. 149.
Parent taxa Oxalidaceae > Oxalis Oxalidaceae > Oxalis
Sibling taxa
O. albicans, O. bowiei, O. brasiliensis, O. caerulea, O. californica, O. colorea, O. corniculata, O. debilis, O. decaphylla, O. dichondrifolia, O. dillenii, O. drummondii, O. florida, O. frutescens, O. grandis, O. hirta, O. hispidula, O. illinoensis, O. incarnata, O. intermedia, O. latifolia, O. laxa, O. macrantha, O. metcalfei, O. montana, O. oregana, O. pes-caprae, O. pilosa, O. purpurea, O. stricta, O. suksdorfii, O. texana, O. triangularis, O. trilliifolia, O. violacea
O. albicans, O. articulata, O. bowiei, O. brasiliensis, O. caerulea, O. californica, O. colorea, O. corniculata, O. debilis, O. decaphylla, O. dichondrifolia, O. dillenii, O. florida, O. frutescens, O. grandis, O. hirta, O. hispidula, O. illinoensis, O. incarnata, O. intermedia, O. latifolia, O. laxa, O. macrantha, O. metcalfei, O. montana, O. oregana, O. pes-caprae, O. pilosa, O. purpurea, O. stricta, O. suksdorfii, O. texana, O. triangularis, O. trilliifolia, O. violacea
Synonyms O. articulata subsp. rubra, O. rubra O. vespertilionis, O. amplifolia
Name authority Savigny: in J. Lamarck et al., Encycl. 4: 686. (1798) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 25. (1853)
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