Oxalis frutescens
Appearance
Oxalis frutescens | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Oxalidaceae |
Genus: | Oxalis |
Species: | O. frutescens
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Binomial name | |
Oxalis frutescens | |
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Oxalis frutescens, the shrubby woodsorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae.[2] It is native to New Mexico, Texas, Mexico, Central America, the southernmost Caribbean islands, and tropical South America as far as northern Argentina.[1] A perennial subshrub reaching 35 cm (14 in), it is typically found in sandy soils in grasslands, pastures, roadsides, and open oak woodlands.[2]
Subtaxa
[edit]The following subspecies are accepted:[1]
- Oxalis frutescens subsp. angustifolia (Kunth) Lourteig – U.S., Mexico, Central America
- Oxalis frutescens subsp. borjensis (Kunth) Lourteig – Colombia, Venezuela
- Oxalis frutescens subsp. frutescens – Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Oxalis frutescens L." Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Oxalis frutescens L. Shrubby Wood-sorrel, Shrubby Woodsorrel". Plant Database. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
Categories:
- Oxalis
- Flora of the South-Central United States
- Flora of Mexico
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of the Southwest Caribbean
- Flora of the Venezuelan Antilles
- Flora of Trinidad and Tobago
- Flora of the Windward Islands
- Flora of Colombia
- Flora of Ecuador
- Flora of northern South America
- Flora of Brazil
- Flora of Bolivia
- Flora of Paraguay
- Flora of Northwest Argentina
- Flora of Northeast Argentina
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Plants described in 1753
- Oxalidales stubs