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Broadleaf Woodsorrel

Oxalis latifolia Kunth

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Foodplant / parasite
hypophyllous telium of Puccinia oxalidis parasitises live leaf of Oxalis latifolia

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Description

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Plants glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Bulbils clustered or solitary and arising from the stolons. Leaflets 15—40 mm long, 30—70 mm broad, triangular in outline, glabrous. Scapes 1—4, up to 30 cm long, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, slender. Flowers many, subumbellate. Pedicel 1-1.8 cm long, glabrous. Sepals 3.5 mm long, lanceolate, tip with a reddish brown callus. Petals c. 10 mm long, pink. Both long and short filaments strigose; shorter filaments equal in length to the styles.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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C. & S. America; naturalised in S. Europe, India, Malaysia.
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Distribution

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Distribution: A native of South and Central America. Naturalised as a weed in cultivated fields and irrigated ditches.
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Flora of Pakistan Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Elevation Range

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1200-1600 m
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Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal Vol. 0 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flower/Fruit

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Fl. Per. June-August.
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Derivation of specific name

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latifolia: broad-leaved
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oxalis latifolia Kunth Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132820
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Description

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Perennial herb with numerous ovoid bulbs. Leaflets: lamina up to 7.5 × 5 cm, obtriangular in outline; apex emarginate with a broad shallow sinus. Flowers purple, in pseudumbels. Petals 10-16 mm. Capsule broadly cylindric, slightly longer than the sepals.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oxalis latifolia Kunth Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132820
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Frequency

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Common (in its habitat)
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Worldwide distribution

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Native to Tropical America; nowadays a widespread almost cosmopolitan weed.
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Oxalis latifolia Kunth Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=132820
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Oxalis latifolia

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Oxalis latifolia is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family known by the common names garden pink-sorrel[1] and broadleaf woodsorrel.[2] It is native to Mexico and parts of Central and South America.

Description

Leaf detail

This is a perennial herb growing from a system of small bulbs and spreading via stolons. There is no stem. The leaves arise on long petioles from ground level, each made up of three widely heart-shaped leaflets about 4.5 centimeters wide.

The inflorescence is an array of several flowers, each with five pink petals (some varieties have white flowers).

Invasive species

It is known on most other continents as an introduced species and a noxious weed and invasive species, as it infests many types of agricultural crops.

In south-eastern Australia, it is found in gardens, on roadsides, disturbed sites and is most likely a garden escape.[3] It is spread by conveyance of soils containing the plant’s bulbils, as well as by runoffs, ants, and by larger animals like dogs and birds.[4]

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References

  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Oxalis latifolia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ Oxalis latifolia Kunth by PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System). Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
  4. ^ Fishtail Woodsorrel (Oxalis latifolia) by Weeds of Melbourne

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Oxalis latifolia: Brief Summary

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Oxalis latifolia is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family known by the common names garden pink-sorrel and broadleaf woodsorrel. It is native to Mexico and parts of Central and South America.

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