| Oxalis virginea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Oxalidales |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae |
| Genus: | Oxalis |
| Species: | O. virginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxalis virginea Jacquin | |
Oxalis virginea, commonly known as Virgin sorrel, is a species from the genus Oxalis. It is endemic to South Africa. O. virginea was first described by Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin in 1798. This species is apparently lacking a type specimen.
Description
Oxalis virginea has a stem of 1 to 4 cm in length, often branched, and densely hairy. In cultivation the stem can be longer. It is single flowered, terminal, with hairy peduncles, barely 1cm long. Each peduncle has two bracts. The flowers are white, 1.3–1.5 cm long, and hairy.
Range
This species is found in South Africa.
Conservation status
Oxalis virginea is regarded as being rare but not threatened.
Gallery
References
- "Oxalis virginea (Virgin Sorrel)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2019). "Oxalis virginea Jacq". GBIF. GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- Jacquin, Nikolaus Joseph (1798). Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones. Vol. 3. Viennae: Apud C. F. Wappler. p. 13.
- ^ Salter, Terence Macleave (1944-11-01). "The genus Oxalis in South Africa". Journal of South African Botany. 1: 1–355.
- "Oxalis virginea Jacq". Plants of the World Online. 2017. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- "Oxalis virginea". www.rhs.org.uk. 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. 2006. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
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