EcoFlora - Oxalis

Oxalis
Family: Oxalidaceae Paul Rothrock	VPAP Resources JANAS 30(2) PLANTS: In AZ perennial herbs with bulbs or creeping stems, caulescent or acaulescent. LEAVES: petiolate, palmately compound, with 3 or more obcordate leaflets. FLOWERS: perfect, the petals clawed, connate at base; stamens 10; pistil5-carpelled; styles 5. FRUITS: fleshy explosive capsules. SEEDS: arillate. NOTES: ca. 500 spp., mostly oftemperate regions and especially concentrated in s S. Amer. and s Afr. Many species are of considerable ornamental value, although several of these have become invasive weeds in many regions. (Greek: oxus = sour). Collections must include underground parts to facilitate identifications and labels should note fresh corolla color. Eiten, G. 1963. Amer. MidI. Naturalist 69:257-307; Lourteig, A. 1975. Phytologia 42:57-197; Denton, M. 1973. Pub. Museum Michigan State Univ., BioI. Series 4:459-615. REFERENCES: Denton, Melinda. 1998 Oxalidaceae. J. Ariz. - Nev. Acad. Sci. 30(2): 115.
Species within checklist: South Dakota Oxalis brittoniae Map not Available Oxalis bushii Map not Available Oxalis coloradensis Map not Available Oxalis corniculata Map not Available Oxalis cymosa Map not Available Oxalis dillenii Map not Available Oxalis europaea Map not Available Oxalis filipes Map not Available Oxalis florida Map not Available Oxalis fontana Map not Available Oxalis interior Map not Available Oxalis langloisii Map not Available Oxalis prostrata Map not Available Oxalis pusilla Map not Available Oxalis repens Map not Available Oxalis rufa Map not Available Oxalis rupestris Map not Available Oxalis stricta Map not Available Oxalis villosa Map not Available Oxalis violacea Map not Available