Oxalis compressa
Thunb.
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Description
A herb with a bulb. It keeps growing from year to year. The flowers are yellow.
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Edible Uses
The leaves are edible.
Distribution
It grows in warm temperate places.
Where It Grows
Africa, Australia, South Africa, Southern Africa,
References (4)
- Diss. Oxal. 11. 1781 (Linnaeus f., Suppl. pl. 243. 1782 ("1781"))
- Hedrick, U.P., 1919, (Ed.), Sturtevant's edible plants of the world. p 456
- Hibbert, M., 2002, The Aussie Plant Finder 2002, Florilegium. p 215
- Paczkowska, G . & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Calatogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 415
