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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 434. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

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Synonym Text: Oxalis cernua
Flower/Fruit: Fl. Per. January-April.
General/Distribution: Type: Described from `Aethiopia’ Hb. Linn. 600/13. (LINN).
Distribution: Distribution: A native of the Cape region of South Africa. Naturalised in the Mediterranean region and West Europe, North Africa, Iran, Turkey and South West Asia.
Comment/Acknowledgements: The species found here are most probably pentaploids, which spread rapidly by bulbils. The tetraploids with fruit formation and heterostylous flowers are not known to occur here. Often found as a weed or in shady places in the plains. Commonly known as `yellow sorrel' or `Bermuda buttercup'.
Illustration: Oxalis pes-caprae L. (Illustration)
Map Location: C 7 Jhelum Dist.: Kittas, 2000 ft., Zaffar Ali and Y. Nasir 3549 (RAW); C 7 Rawalpindi Dist.: Rawalpindi, Jagan Nath Jan. 1940 (RAW); Topi Park, M. Nath 200 (RAW); C 7 Campbellpur Dist.: Wah, R.R. Stewart 28. 3. 52. (RAW); Wah, Khurshid Rehman 5 (KUH) ; Wah, M. Qaiser 250 (KUH); D 8 Lahore Dist.: Bagh i jinnah, Sultan ul Abedin 2352 (KUH); C.7 Peshawar Dist.: Islamia College, Peshawar, Hassandin 41 (RAW).

 

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Perennial 12—24 cm tall. Stem underground, bulbiferous. Leaflets 5—15 mm long, 10 - 30 mm broad, often mottled purplish red; margin and lower surface pilose. Petiole up to 25 cm long. Scapes 1—5, up to 17 cm long, slender. Flowers 2—12, subumbellate. Sepals 5—7 mm long, lanceolate, tip with a reddish brown callus. Petals 15 20 mm long, yellow. Filament glabrous. Fruiting rare.
 
 
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