View source for Oxalis hispidula

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|accepted_name=Oxalis hispidula
|accepted_authority=Zuccarini
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München
|place=9: 143. 1825
|year=1825
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Oxalidaceae;Oxalis;Oxalis hispidula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Oxalidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxalis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Oxalis hispidula]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 136, 153
|treatment_page=page 152
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, acaulous, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulbs solitary or clustered; mostly 8–15 mm diam.; outer bulb scales 3[–5]-nerved, inner scales thick, reddish brown, rugose. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole 1.5–15 cm, sparsely villous or glabrous; leaflets 3, green, rounded-obcordate, 4–18 mm, lobed 1/6–1/5 length, lobes apically convex to nearly truncate, margins prominently ciliate, hairs stiff, sharp-pointed, abaxial surface strigose to hirsute-strigose, densely hirsute at very base, adaxial surface glabrous, oxalate deposits absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> umbelliform cymes, 1(–2)[–4]-flowered; scapes 3–27 cm, glabrous or sparsely hirsute-villous proximally. <b>Flowers</b> apparently tristylous (mid-styled flowers observed); sepals yellowish green, apices with 2 orange, elongate tubercles; petals yellow basally, otherwise deep rose to purple or violet, with dark purple veins proximally, 11–20 mm. <b>Capsules</b> fusiform, mature size not observed, indumentum not seen.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Oct–Nov.
|habitat=Wet ditches, disturbed roadsides.
|elevation=10–90 m.
|distribution=Ala.;South America (Argentina;Brazil;Paraguay;Uruguay).
|discussion=<p><i>Oxalis hispidula</i> is naturalized in Baldwin County (H. E. Horne et al. 2013). The species is recognized by its leaves without oxalate deposits, outer bulb scales with mostly three nerves, flowers one (or two) per scape, and corollas violet-purple with dark veins. It was noted by S. Rosenfeldt and B. G. Galati (2009) to be tristylous.</p>
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name=Oxalis hispidula
|authority=Zuccarini
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Oxalidaceae
|phenology=Flowering Oct–Nov.
|habitat=Wet ditches, disturbed roadsides.
|elevation=10–90 m.
|distribution=Ala.;South America (Argentina;Brazil;Paraguay;Uruguay).
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München
|publication year=1825
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Oxalis
|species=Oxalis hispidula
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