Family | Oxalidaceae |
Scientific name | Oxalis articulata Savigny |
Synonyms | Acetosella articulata (Savigny) Kuntze; Acetosella platensis (A. St-Hilaire & Naudin) Kuntze; Oxalis articulata Savigny forma guttata (Osten ex Arechavaleta) Osten ex R. Knuth; Oxalis articulata Savigny forma halophila (Arechavaleta) Osten ex R. Knuth; Oxalis articulata Savigny subsp. nodulosa Beauverd & Feliponne; Oxalis dumicola Arechavaleta; Oxalis floribunda Lehmann; Oxalis guttata Osten ex Arechavaleta; Oxalis halophila Arechavaleta; Oxalis platensis A. St-Hilaire ex Naudin; Oxalis rivalis Arechavaleta; Oxalis rubra St-Hilaire; Oxalis sericea (Progel) Arechavaleta |
Common name | (Japanese common name) imo-katabami (イモカタバミ, 芋片喰 [meaning: potato oxalis]) |
(English common name) wood sorrel | |
Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) [native] Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina | |
Habitat | Roadside, field |
Chromosomal number | 2n=14 |
Description | Leaves 3 leaflets, each 1.5-4cm long, 1.5-4cm wide, petioles 8-30cm long. Flowers purple or white ca. 1.5cm across, flowering in April to October. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Oxalis articulata Savigny |
Oxalis articulata Savigny | |
A model of bulb evolution in the eudicot genus Oxalis (Oxalidaceae) | |
Note | Naturalized plants. |
April 2009 at roadside |
April 2009 at roadside |
April 2009 at roadside |