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Oxalis Perineson
''Oxalis'' ( (American English) or (British English)) is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the Polar region, polar areas; species diversity is particularly rich in tropical Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa. Many of the species are known as wood sorrels (sometimes written "woodsorrels" or "wood-sorrels") as they have an acidic taste reminiscent of the sorrel proper (''Rumex acetosa''), which is only distantly related. Some species are called yellow sorrels or pink sorrels after the color of their flowers instead. Other species are colloquially known as false shamrocks, and some called sourgrasses. For the genus as a whole, the term oxalises is also used. Description and ecology These plants are annual plant, annual or perennial plant, perennial. The leaves are divided into three to ten or more obovate and top-notched leaflets, arranged palmately with all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxalis Griffithii
''Oxalis griffithii'' is a species of ''Oxalis'' found in thickets and meadows of Bhutan, China, India, and Japan. Description ''O. griffithii'' is a perennial that reaches in height. It is a stemless, pubescent. rhizome, densely covered by dark brown scalelike remains of leaf bases, thick including scales. The scales are strigose. Leaves are basal with a petiole . Trichomes are brown and curled. Leaflet blades are obtriangular, 1–2.5(–4.5) × 1.5–3.5(–5.5) cm in length. It is abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, and the apex is broadly emarginate to subtruncate. Lobe apices are obtuse. Flowers are solitary and nodding. The peduncle is long, equal to or longer than leaves. Bracts at middle are flowering stalk, lanceolate, , with dense trichomes along midvein and margins. Sepals are lanceolate, and persistent. Petals aer white with lilac veins, rarely pink (Hubei), narrowly obovate, 1.2–1.6 (–2) cm long. Apex retuse is deeply emarginate. Capsule is oblongconic, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
