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Genus: Oxalis Life
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Eurosid I > Order: Oxalidales
> Family: Oxalidaceae
About 700 species (cosmopolitan, greatest diversity in South America and
South Africa), of which 203 species are native to southern Africa and
two species that are naturalised. An additional seven species are
cultivated in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
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Oxalis adenodes
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Oxalis adspersa |
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Oxalis albiuscula |
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Oxalis algoensis |
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Oxalis ambigua |
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Oxalis amblyodonta |
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Oxalis amblyosepala |
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Oxalis annae |
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Oxalis anomala |
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Oxalis anthelmintica |
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Oxalis argillacea |
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Oxalis argyrophylla |
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Oxalis aridicola |
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Oxalis attaquana |
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Oxalis aurea
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Oxalis ausensis |
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Oxalis beneprotecta |
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Oxalis bifida |
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Oxalis bifurca |
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Oxalis blastorrhiza |
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Oxalis bowiei |
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Oxalis burkei
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Oxalis burtoniae |
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Oxalis callosa
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Oxalis calvinensis |
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Oxalis camelopardalis |
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Oxalis campicola |
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Oxalis campylorrhiza |
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Oxalis capillacea |
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Oxalis caprina
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Oxalis cathara |
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Oxalis ciliaris |
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Oxalis clavifolia |
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Oxalis commutata |
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Oxalis comosa
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Oxalis compressa |
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Oxalis comptonii |
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Oxalis confertifolia |
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Oxalis convexula |
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Oxalis copiosa |
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Oxalis corniculata
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Oxalis creaseyi |
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Oxalis crispula |
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Oxalis crocea |
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Oxalis cuneata |
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Oxalis davyana |
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Oxalis densa |
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Oxalis depressa
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Oxalis deserticola |
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Oxalis dichotoma |
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Oxalis dilatata |
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Oxalis dines |
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Oxalis disticha
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Oxalis dregei
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Oxalis droseroides
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Oxalis duriuscula |
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Oxalis ebracteata |
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Oxalis eckloniana |
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Oxalis engleriana |
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Oxalis ericifolia |
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Oxalis exserta |
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Oxalis extensa |
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Oxalis fabifolia
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Oxalis falcatula |
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Oxalis fergusonae |
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Oxalis fibrosa |
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Oxalis flava
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Oxalis flaviuscula |
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Oxalis fourcadei |
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Oxalis foveolata |
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Oxalis fragilis |
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Oxalis furcillata |
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Oxalis giftbergensis |
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Oxalis glabra
Native to the Western Cape, on sandy
flats and lower slopes from Clanwilliam to Caledon. The
underground stolons and runners enable it to form large
carpets of plants, which form a mass of colour when in
flower (April to November). |
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Oxalis goniorrhiza |
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Oxalis gracilipes |
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Oxalis gracilis
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Oxalis grammopetala |
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Oxalis grammophylla |
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Oxalis haedulipes |
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Oxalis hantamensis |
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Oxalis heidelbergensis |
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Oxalis helicoides |
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Oxalis henrici |
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Oxalis heterophylla
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Oxalis hirsuta |
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Oxalis hirta
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Oxalis hygrophila |
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Oxalis imbricata |
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Oxalis inaequalis |
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Oxalis incarnata
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Oxalis inconspicua |
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Oxalis involuta |
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Oxalis ioeides |
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Oxalis kamiesbergensis |
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Oxalis knuthiana |
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Oxalis lanata |
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Oxalis lasiorrhiza |
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Oxalis latifolia
Recorded from Zimbabwe. |
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Oxalis lawsonii |
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Oxalis laxicaulis |
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Oxalis leipoldtii |
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Oxalis leptocalyx |
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Oxalis leptogramma |
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Oxalis levis |
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Oxalis lichenoides |
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Oxalis lindaviana |
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Oxalis linearis
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Oxalis lineolata |
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Oxalis livida
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Oxalis louisae |
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Oxalis luederitzii |
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Oxalis luteola
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Oxalis macra |
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Oxalis marlothii |
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Oxalis massoniana |
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Oxalis meisneri
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Oxalis melanograpta |
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Oxalis melanosticta
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Oxalis microdonta |
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Oxalis minuta |
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Oxalis monophylla |
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Oxalis multicaulis |
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Oxalis namaquana |
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Oxalis natans |
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Oxalis nidulans |
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Oxalis nortieri |
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Oxalis obliquifolia
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Oxalis obtusa
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Oxalis oculifera |
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Oxalis odorata |
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Oxalis oligophylla |
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Oxalis orbicularis |
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Oxalis oreithala |
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Oxalis oreophila |
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Oxalis orthopoda |
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Oxalis pallens |
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Oxalis palmifrons |
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Oxalis pardalis |
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Oxalis pendulifolia |
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Oxalis perineson |
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Oxalis pes-caprae
(Cape sorrel) A geophyte native to
Namibia and South Africa (Northern Cape, Western Cape
and Eastern Cape). Occurs as a weed in many parts of the
World. |
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Oxalis petiolulata |
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Oxalis petraea |
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Oxalis phloxidiflora |
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Oxalis pillansiana |
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Oxalis pocockiae |
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Oxalis polyphylla |
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Oxalis porphyriosiphon |
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Oxalis primuloides |
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Oxalis psammophila |
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Oxalis pseudo-cernua |
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Oxalis pseudo-hirta |
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Oxalis psilopoda |
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Oxalis pulchella |
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Oxalis pulvinata |
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Oxalis punctata |
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Oxalis purpurascens |
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Oxalis purpurata |
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Oxalis purpurea
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Oxalis pusilla |
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Oxalis reclinata |
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Oxalis recticaulis
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Oxalis reflexa |
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Oxalis rhomboidea |
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Oxalis robinsonii |
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Oxalis rubro-punctata |
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Oxalis salteri |
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Oxalis schaeferi |
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Oxalis semiloba
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Oxalis senecta
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Oxalis setosa |
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Oxalis simplex |
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Oxalis smithiana
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Oxalis sonderiana
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Oxalis stellata |
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Oxalis stenopetala |
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Oxalis stenoptera |
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Oxalis stenorrhyncha |
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Oxalis stictocheila |
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Oxalis stokoei |
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Oxalis strigosa |
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Oxalis suavis |
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Oxalis subsessilis |
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Oxalis suteroides |
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Oxalis tenella |
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Oxalis tenuifolia |
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Oxalis tenuipes |
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Oxalis tenuis |
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Oxalis tomentosa |
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Oxalis tragopoda |
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Oxalis truncatula |
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Oxalis tysonii |
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Oxalis uliginosa |
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Oxalis variifolia |
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Oxalis versicolor
(Candycane sorrel) White flowers with
yellow centres and distinctive reddish-purple margins on
the underside of the petals. When the flower if furled
it appears as a column of spiraling reddish-purple and
white bands reminiscent of a candycane, hence the common
name. Native to flats and slopes in the southwestern
region of the Western Cape. |
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Oxalis virginea |
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Oxalis viscidula |
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Oxalis viscosa |
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Oxalis xantha |
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Oxalis zeekoevleyensis |
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Oxalis zeyheri |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Oxalis hedysaroides |
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Oxalis lasiandra
Native to Mexico. |
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Oxalis megalorrhiza
[= Oxalis carnosa] Native to
Chile. |
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Oxalis rosea
Native to Chile. |
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Oxalis tetraphylla
[= Oxalis deppei] Native to
Mexico. |
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Oxalis triangularis |
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Oxalis vulcanicola
Native from Salvador to Panama. |
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