Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis articulata
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about windowbox wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis rubra
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis articulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Oxalis articulata
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Oxalis rubra
INCLUDING Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra
INCLUDING Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis rubra
INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-002:
Oxalis rubra FAMILY Oxalidaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ionoxalis martiana
COMMON NAME:
Windowbox Wood-sorrel
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JK Marlow jkm130430_841
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets pubescent on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4508_061
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130501_910
May Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm130501_912
May Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_118
May Spartanburg County SC
Flowers long-pedunculate, overtopping the leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_122
May Spartanburg County SC
Petals pink or white, 1-1.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm141022_194
October Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Leaves all basal, with reddish-brown callosities mostly along the margins, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis articulata
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis rubra
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis articulata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Oxalis articulata
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Oxalis rubra
INCLUDING
Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra
INCLUDING
Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis rubra
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-002:
Oxalis rubra
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
(?) (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ionoxalis martiana
3461
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Roadsides, old gardens, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC (rare in elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink or White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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