OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis articulata   FAMILY Oxalidaceae   Go to FSUS key



INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis rubra   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Oxalis articulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Oxalis articulata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Oxalis rubra

INCLUDING Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)

Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra

INCLUDING Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)

Oxalis rubra

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-002:

Oxalis rubra   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ionoxalis martiana

 

COMMON NAME:
Windowbox Wood-sorrel


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image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm130430_841

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Leaflets pubescent on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm130430_848

April    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers in umbels, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlm4508_061

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm130501_910

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm130501_912

May    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlm53010_118

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Flowers long-pedunculate, overtopping the leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlm53010_122

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Petals pink or white, 1-1.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Oxalis articulata, Windowbox Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm141022_194

October    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Leaves all basal, with reddish-brown callosities mostly along the margins, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis articulata   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis rubra   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis articulata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Oxalis articulata

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Oxalis rubra

INCLUDING Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra

INCLUDING Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis rubra

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-002:
Oxalis rubra   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ionoxalis martiana

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3461

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, old gardens, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC (rare in elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink or White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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