Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis debilis
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about pink woodsorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Oxalis debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Oxalis debilis
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa
INCLUDING Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis corymbosa
COMMON NAME:
pink woodsorrel
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Keith Bradley kab_o_debilis_corymb_2937
November Miami-Dade County FL
Leaflets 25-45mm long, surface scattered with reddish-brown callosities, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis debilis
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Oxalis debilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Oxalis debilis
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa
INCLUDING
Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis corymbosa
4109
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: South America
Rare
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LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose-purplish
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
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