Oxalis bowiei
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Bowie's Wood-sorrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Oxalidaceae |
Genus: | Oxalis |
Species: | O. bowiei |
Binomial name | |
Oxalis bowiei L. | |
Oxalis bowiei, Bowie's Wood-sorrel or Cape Shamrock, is a plant from the genus Oxalis, which is native to what was Cape Province and Natal in South Africa. It has also been naturalized in Australia.[1]
Its flowering stems may be a foot or more in height and are produced continuously for a considerable length of time during summer.[2]
References
- ↑ USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?419749 (23 December 2007)
- ↑ USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26192 (23 December 2007)
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