Oxalis bowiei
W.T.Aiton ex G.Don Bowie Wood-sorrelHerb with stems hardly exserted; rhizome present, slender or thickened; bulbs ovoid, 1.5–4 cm long, tapered, tunics pale brown; bulbils absent. Leaves basal, 3-foliolate; leaflets subsessile, suborbicular to c. rhombic, 15–45 mm long, 15–50 mm wide, emarginate, green and glabrous to sparsely pilose above, glandular-pilose and often purplish below, calli absent, margins ciliate with glandular hairs, sinus to c. one-tenth leaflet length, lobes rounded with apices 10–30 mm apart; petioles usually 5–12 cm long, glandular-hairy; stipules tapering into petiole. Inflorescences basal, 4–14-flowered; peduncles much longer than leaves, glandular-hairy; pedicels 1–3 cm long, glandular-hairy. Sepals lanceolate, 6–11 mm long, glandular-hairy, calli absent. Petals 9–25 mm long, deep pink/magenta, greenish-yellow at base. Capsule not developed in Australia. Flowers mainly Mar.–May.
VVP, MuF, GipP, Gold, HSF. Also naturalised WA, SA, NSW. Native to South Africa. A weed of gardens, roadsides and other disturbed areas.
Conn, B.J.; Jeanes, J.A.; Richards, P.G. (1999). Oxalidaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 207–218. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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