Oxalis drummondii |
Oxalis intermedia |
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Drummond's wood-sorrel |
West Indian wood-sorrel |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulb solitary; bulb scales 3-nerved, margins villous-ciliate on distal 1/3–1/2. | Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes absent, stolons often present, numerous, slender, with bulblets at tips, bulbs usually clustered, sometimes solitary; bulb scales (3–)5–7-nerved. |
Leaves | 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. |
basal, rarely absent at flowering; petiole 10–22 cm; leaflets 3, green, obtriangular to broadly obtriangular, 20–50 mm, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, lobes apically truncate, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits absent. |
Inflorescences | umbelliform cymes, 3–10-flowered; scapes (7–)11–23 cm, glabrous. |
umbelliform cymes, 3–12(–18)-flowered; scapes 7–30 cm, glabrous or sparsely hairy. |
Flowers | 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. |
semihomostylous; sepal apices with 2 orange tubercles; petals usually lavender to purple, less commonly pink or white, 8–12 mm. |
Capsules | cylindric, 4–12 mm, hairy. |
ellipsoid, 3–8 mm, glabrous. |
2n | = 14. |
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Oxalis drummondii |
Oxalis intermedia |
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Phenology | Flowering Mar–Nov. | Flowering Apr–Sep. |
Habitat | Sandy-gravelly soils, limestone soils, disturbed areas, prairies, limestone hills, open woodlands, chaparral. | Gardens, fields, orchards, roadsides, moist waste areas, fencerows. |
Elevation | 20–300 m. (100–1000 ft.) | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) |
Distribution |
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)
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FL; LA; TX; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Chiapas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz)] |
Discussion | 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.) |
Oxalis intermedia is recognized by a combination of its large, obtriangular leaflets; numerous, small flowers; and usually clustered bulbs. It was collected in California in 1934 and Massachusetts in 1940 but does not appear to have become naturalized in either state. Plants in the flora area are usually without fertile fruit. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 149. | FNA vol. 12, p. 151. |
Parent taxa | Oxalidaceae > Oxalis | Oxalidaceae > Oxalis |
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Synonyms | O. vespertilionis, O. amplifolia | Ionoxalis intermedia |
Name authority | A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 25. (1853) | A. Richard: Hist. Phys. Cuba, Pl. Vasc., 315. (1841) |
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