Oxalis suksdorfii |
Oxalis violacea |
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Suksdorf woodsorrel, Suksdorf's oxalis, Suksdorf's wood-sorrel, western yellow oxalis, western yellow wood-sorrel |
purple woodsorrel, violet wood-sorrel |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, caulescent, rhizomes present long, stolons absent, bulbs absent. | Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes usually absent, rarely present, slender, scaly, stolons absent, bulb solitary, bulblets at rhizome tips; bulb scales 3-nerved, margins villous-ciliate on distal 1/3–1/2. |
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, rarely absent at flowering; petiole (4–)7–13(–24) cm; leaflets 3, green to purple abaxially, green adaxially, often with purplish, lateral band across lobes of each leaflet, rounded-obcordate to obreniform, (5–)8–15(–20) mm, lobed 1/4–1/3 length, lobes apically convex, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits in lines along margins at base of notch. |
Inflorescences | umbelliform cymes, 1–3-flowered; peduncles (2–)4–8(–10) cm. |
umbelliform cymes, (1–)2–8(–19)-flowered; scapes (6–)9–23(–31) cm, glabrous. |
Flowers | tristylous, above level of leaves; sepal apices without tubercles; petals yellow, 12–20 mm. |
distylous; sepal apices with 2 orange, linear, apically confluent tubercles; petals white to pale green proximally with green veins, rose purple or lavender to pink or white distally, 10–18 mm. |
Capsules | oblong-cylindric, 10–15 mm, densely puberulent. |
ovoid, 4–5 mm, glabrous. |
2n | = 24. |
= 28. |
Oxalis suksdorfii |
Oxalis violacea |
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Phenology | Flowering May–Aug. | Flowering Apr–May(–Jul) (with leaves) and Aug–Oct (usually without leaves, following rains). |
Habitat | Open woods, fir, Douglas fir-oak woodlands, dry shrublands, roadsides, disturbed areas. | Sandy soils, gravelly soils, prairies, limestone glades, hills of granite, limestone, and rocky-clay, rock outcrops, bluffs, bottomland, oak-pine/heath, oak-hickory, live oak, or juniper woodlands, cutover pine forests, roadsides, disturbed sites, abandoned fields. |
Elevation | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) | 50–400(–1000) m. (200–1300(–3300) ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC
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AL; AR; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; WY; Mexico (Coahuila)
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Discussion | Oxalis violacea in the flora area is native to the eastern United States, reaching westward as far as the line of states from North Dakota to Texas; it is apparently non-native in Oregon and Wyoming, if those plants are correctly identified. Plants identified by M. F. Denton (1973) as O. violacea and those considered to have affinity to that species from Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico are identified here as O. latifolia and O. metcalfei. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 145. | FNA vol. 12, p. 150. |
Parent taxa | Oxalidaceae > Oxalis | Oxalidaceae > Oxalis |
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Synonyms | Xanthoxalis suksdorfii | Ionoxalis violacea, O. violacea var. trichophora |
Name authority | Trelease: Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 4: 89. (1888) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 434. (1753) |
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