Oxalis suksdorfii |
Oxalis oregana |
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Suksdorf woodsorrel, Suksdorf's oxalis, Suksdorf's wood-sorrel, western yellow oxalis, western yellow wood-sorrel |
Oregon oxalis, Oregon wood-sorrel, red wood-sorrel |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, caulescent, rhizomes present long, stolons absent, bulbs absent. | Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes present, fleshy-thickened, densely scaly, 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. |
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Leaves | 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. |
basal, clustered at rhizome tips; petiole 5–15(–21) cm, sparsely to densely villous, hairs rusty; leaflets 3, green, broadly obcordate, 10–30(–40) mm, lobed 1/5–1/4 length, lobes apically convex, surfaces sparsely villous, oxalate deposits absent. |
Inflorescences | umbelliform cymes, 1–3-flowered; peduncles (2–)4–8(–10) cm. |
1-flowered; scapes (6–)11–25 cm, glabrous or sparsely villous. |
Flowers | tristylous, above level of leaves; sepal apices without tubercles; petals yellow, 12–20 mm. |
heterostylous; sepal apices without tubercles; petals white to deep pink, usually with yellow spot sub-basally and prominent purple veins, (8–)15–25 mm. |
Capsules | oblong-cylindric, 10–15 mm, densely puberulent. |
ovoid, 6–8(–12) mm, glabrate. |
2n | = 24. |
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Oxalis suksdorfii |
Oxalis oregana |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Feb–Sep. |
Habitat | Open woods, fir, Douglas fir-oak woodlands, dry shrublands, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Douglas fir, mixed fir, cedar-spruce, mixed conifer, and hemlock-maple forests, maple woodlands, alder glens, Gaultheria thickets, stream banks. |
Elevation | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) | 10–800(–1000) m. (0–2600(–3300) ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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CA; OR; WA; BC
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Discussion | Oxalis oregana has sometimes been treated as a disjunct geographical taxon of the European O. acetosella Linnaeus (see comments under 21. O. montana). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 145. | FNA vol. 12, p. 148. |
Parent taxa | Oxalidaceae > Oxalis | Oxalidaceae > Oxalis |
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Synonyms | Xanthoxalis suksdorfii | O. acetosella subsp. oregana, O. oregana var. smalliana, O. oregana var. tracyi, O. smalliana |
Name authority | Trelease: Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 89. (1888) | Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 211. (1838) |
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