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|accepted_name=Oxalis californica
|accepted_authority=(Abrams) R. Knuth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem
|place=7: 300. 1919
|year=1919
}}
|common_names=California wood-sorrel
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Xanthoxalis californica
|authority=Abrams
|rank=species
|publication_title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication_place=34: 264. 1907
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Oxalis albicans subsp. californica
|authority=(Abrams) G. Eiten
|rank=subspecies
}}
|hierarchy=Oxalidaceae;Oxalis;Oxalis californica
|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 californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 137
|treatment_page=page 143
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, caulescent, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulbs absent. <b>Aerial</b> stems usually 2–8 from base, erect to ascending, 10–40 cm, becoming woody proximally, glabrous or very sparsely short-puberulent, hairs curved-ascending, nonseptate. <b>Leaves</b> basal and cauline; stipules oblong, margins narrowly flanged, apical auricles absent; petiole 3–8 cm, hairs nonseptate; leaflets 3, gray-green, obcordate, 8–15 mm, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, surfaces sparsely strigose, oxalate deposits absent. <b>Inflorescences</b> umbelliform cymes, 1(–3)-flowered; peduncles 2–9 cm. <b>Flowers</b> distylous; sepal apices without tubercles, surfaces glabrous; petals yellow, with red lines proximally, 7–11(–13) mm. <b>Capsules</b> angular-cylindric, abruptly tapering to apex, 10–15 mm, strigillose, hairs very short, nonseptate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Dec–)Feb–Apr(–Jun).
|habitat=Slopes and flats, brushy ridges, roadside banks, canyon bottoms, rock outcrops, grasslands, oak chaparral, coastal sage scrub.
|elevation=(0–)30–800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p><i>Oxalis californica</i> is recognized by its caulescent habit, stems with reduced vestiture (glabrous or very sparsely short-puberulent), one (to three) flowers on long peduncles and pedicels, the yellow corollas often drying with a blue or purplish tinge, and relatively wide, glabrous, and usually purplish or pinkish tinged sepals.</p>
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name=Oxalis californica
|authority=(Abrams) R. Knuth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Oxalis albicans subsp. californica
|basionyms=Xanthoxalis californica
|family=Oxalidaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Dec–)Feb–Apr(–Jun).
|habitat=Slopes and flats, brushy ridges, roadside banks, canyon bottoms, rock outcrops, grasslands, oak chaparral, coastal sage scrub.
|elevation=(0–)30–800 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem
|publication year=1919
|special status=
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|genus=Oxalis
|species=Oxalis californica
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