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|accepted_name=Oxalis incarnata
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 433. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Crimson wood-sorrel
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=I
|label=Introduced
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|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Oxalidaceae;Oxalis;Oxalis incarnata
|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 incarnata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 136, 147
|treatment_page=page 146
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, caulescent, rhizomes present, 3–8 cm, slender, sometimes producing small tubers, stolons absent, bulblets often present on rhizomes and in leaf axils. <b>Aerial</b> stems mostly 1–4 from base, mostly erect, 5–25 cm, herbaceous, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> cauline, usually in pseudowhorls of 4–8, sometimes opposite proximally; stipules rudimentary; petiole 2–5(–7) cm; leaflets 3, green, sometimes purplish abaxially, obcordate, 6–10(–15) mm, lobed 1/4 length, lobes apically convex, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1-flowered; peduncles 5–7 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: stamen/style arrangement not seen; sepal apices with 2 orange tubercles; petals white to pale pinkish purple with darker veins, 10–20 mm. <b>Capsules</b> not seen.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–May.
|habitat=Shady, disturbed, generally urban sites, greenhouses, roadsides, yards.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Africa (South Africa);introduced also in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p><i>Oxalis incarnata</i> is recognized by its rhizomatous habit, small leaves in pseudowhorls, and large, solitary, flowers with white to pink or purple petals. Plants apparently are seed-sterile in California.</p>
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|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=thoday1926a
|text=Thoday, D. 1926. The contractile roots of Oxalis incarnata. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 40: 571–583.
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name=Oxalis incarnata
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Oxalidaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–May.
|habitat=Shady, disturbed, generally urban sites, greenhouses, roadsides, yards.
|elevation=0–200 m.
|distribution=Calif.;Africa (South Africa);introduced also in Europe;Pacific Islands (New Zealand);Australia.
|introduced=true
|reference=thoday1926a
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Introduced
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|genus=Oxalis
|species=Oxalis incarnata
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