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dwarf wood-sorrel

Drummond's wood-sorrel

Habit Herbs annual, caulescent, sometimes densely cespitose, rhizomes and 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.
Aerial stems

1–5 from base, erect, 0.5–7 cm, usually herbaceous, sometimes becoming ± woody proximally, hirtellous to villous-hirtellous.

Leaves

cauline;

stipules rudimentary;

petiole 1.5–6 cm;

leaflets 3, green, obcordate, 5–12 mm, lobed 1/5 length, lobes apically convex, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits absent.

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

racemes, 6–14-flowered;

peduncles 3–15 cm.

umbelliform cymes, 3–10-flowered;

scapes (7–)11–23 cm, glabrous.

Flowers

heterostylous;

sepal apices without tubercles;

petals yellow, 6–12 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 to spheric, 3–5 mm, puberulent.

cylindric, 4–12 mm, hairy.

2n

= 14.

Oxalis laxa

Oxalis drummondii

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun. Flowering Mar–Nov.
Habitat Disturbed sites, riparian woodlands, riverbanks, gravelly beaches, rock crevices, foothill woodlands. Sandy-gravelly soils, limestone soils, disturbed areas, prairies, limestone hills, open woodlands, chaparral.
Elevation 10–800 m. (0–2600 ft.) 20–300 m. (100–1000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; South America (Chile) [Introduced in North America]
from FNA
TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)
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Discussion

Oxalis laxa is widespread in California in the eastern part of the Central Valley and along the central coast.

(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. 145. FNA vol. 12, p. 149.
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. drummondii, O. florida, O. frutescens, O. grandis, O. hirta, O. hispidula, O. illinoensis, O. incarnata, O. intermedia, O. latifolia, 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. corniculata var. sericea, O. micrantha, O. radicosa, O. simulans O. vespertilionis, O. amplifolia
Name authority Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 13. (1830) A. Gray: Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 25. (1853)
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