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Oxalis hirta

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Oxalidales > Family: Oxalidaceae > Genus: Oxalis

Oxalis hirta

Oxalis hirta flowering in winter on the southern Knersvlakte north of Holrivier on the Olifants River east of Koekenaap, Namaqualand, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Oxalis hirta Oxalis hirta

Oxalis hirta var. tubiflora flowering in autumn in sand above the Olifants River valley near Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]