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Drummond's wood-sorrel

West Indian wood-sorrel

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.

Oxalis drummondii

Oxalis intermedia

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
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)
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from FNA
FL; LA; TX; West Indies [Introduced in North America; introduced also in Mexico (Chiapas, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz)]
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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
Sibling taxa
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
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. drummondii, O. florida, O. frutescens, O. grandis, O. hirta, O. hispidula, O. illinoensis, O. incarnata, 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. 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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