Oxalis flava L.
Very variable, half-hardy rhizomatous perennial with up to 12, narrow leaflets per leaf, up to 20cm long, and solitary, bright yellow, white or very pale rose-violet flowers, to 2.5cm across, with a yellow throat, borne slightly above the flowers in spring and summer. To 25cm. [RHSD].
Horticultural & Botanical History
There is also a double form. [PD]. ‘The place of this genus in a natural system does not seem to be finally determined. By Professor de Jussieu it has been provisionally enrolled in his order of Gerania or Geranium-tribe. Some species [of Oxalis] are to be found in each of the four quarters of the globe; but of rather more than a hundred that are already recorded, ninety are natives of the Cape of Good Hope. The present is from thence, and was introduced by Mr. F. Masson in 1775. […] A greenhouse plant, cultivated in small pots filled with a mixture of peat-mould and hazel loam. The drawing was taken this spring at Mr. Creswell’s conservatory in Battersea Square.’ [BR f.117/1816].
History at Camden Park
Listed in all published catalogues [B.372/1843].
Notes
Recorded as a weed in the southern and western states of Australia but only from the southern district of Albury in NSW.
Published Jan 28, 2010 - 03:10 PM | Last updated Jan 28, 2010 - 03:15 PM
Oxalis flava L. | BR f.117/1816 | RBGS
| Family | Oxalidaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | South Africa |
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| Common Name | |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Oxalis flava |
| Confidence level | high |