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Drummond's wood-sorrel

Suksdorf woodsorrel, Suksdorf's oxalis, Suksdorf's wood-sorrel, western yellow oxalis, western yellow 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, caulescent, rhizomes present long, stolons absent, bulbs absent.
Aerial stems

1(–3) from base, mostly erect, 10–25 cm, herbaceous, sparsely to moderately villous, hairs nonseptate and usually septate.

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.

cauline;

stipules rudimentary;

petiole (2–)3–5(–6) cm, hairs septate and nonseptate;

leaflets 3, green, obcordate, (8–)10–16(–20) mm, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, margins green, surfaces glabrous to sparsely strigose, oxalate deposits absent.

Inflorescences

umbelliform cymes, 3–10-flowered;

scapes (7–)11–23 cm, glabrous.

umbelliform cymes, 1–3-flowered;

peduncles (2–)4–8(–10) cm.

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.

tristylous, above level of leaves;

sepal apices without tubercles;

petals yellow, 12–20 mm.

Capsules

cylindric, 4–12 mm, hairy.

oblong-cylindric, 10–15 mm, densely puberulent.

2n

= 14.

= 24.

Oxalis drummondii

Oxalis suksdorfii

Phenology Flowering Mar–Nov. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Sandy-gravelly soils, limestone soils, disturbed areas, prairies, limestone hills, open woodlands, chaparral. Open woods, fir, Douglas fir-oak woodlands, dry shrublands, roadsides, disturbed areas.
Elevation 20–300 m. (100–1000 ft.) 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)
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from FNA
CA; OR; WA; BC
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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.)

Source FNA vol. 12, p. 149. FNA vol. 12, p. 145.
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. intermedia, O. latifolia, O. laxa, O. macrantha, O. metcalfei, O. montana, O. oregana, O. pes-caprae, O. pilosa, O. purpurea, O. stricta, O. texana, O. triangularis, O. trilliifolia, O. violacea
Synonyms O. vespertilionis, O. amplifolia Xanthoxalis suksdorfii
Name authority A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 25. (1853) Trelease: Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 89. (1888)
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