Oxalis latifolia

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Growing form

Perennial herb with numerous ovoid bulbs.

Size

25 cm

Stem

Stem short or absent

Leaf

Leaves on petioles up to 30 cm long, are glabrous, trifoliate, with individual leaflets broadly fish-tail shaped. Leaflets fold along the midrib at night.

Flower

Flowers purple, in pseudumbels. Five petals. 

Fruit and seed

Cylindric capsule, glabrous. Seeds small, oval, orange to dark yellow, with 2 longitudinal and several transverse ribs giving seed coat a wavy appearance.
Source: Pinkka e-learning: IPS-175 Flora and vegetation of East Africa - Crop plants, weeds and invading species CC BY 4.0

The map represents observations of this taxon, but it may not be used as a distribution map.

A total of observations in Finland ?
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Observations
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Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Oxalis latifolia
Author
Kunth
Vernacular names
  • eväkäenkaali (Finnish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.43068
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Observed in Finland, uncertain
Status in Finland
  • Uncertain records only
Expert
  • Mikko Piirainen
DNA barcode sequences
Oxalis latifolia
14 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants
jsonrdf+xmlskos (dwc)