Oxalis perennans
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Scour Grass, Native Oxalis, Grassland woodsorrel
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Description
A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. It can be creeping or curve upwards. It grows 10-20 cm high and spreads 30 cm wide. It has a stout taproot. The stems are slender and there are hairs which point forward. The stems can be 25 cm long. The leaves have 3 leaflets like a clover leaf. But they hang down like a pleated skirt. They are rounded or heart shaped. They are 0.4-1.5 cm long by 0.2-0.8 cm across. The flowers are in the axils of leaves. There are 1-5 flowers in a cluster. The flowers are yellow and 8 mm across. The fruit is a capsule 1-3 cm long by 0.15-0.25 cm wide. It is red and hairy and held above the leaves.
Edible Uses
The leaves, tubers, and roots are edible.
Distribution
It grows in temperate and tropical places. It grows in dry locations. It grows in inland regions in Australia. Tasmania Herbarium.
Where It Grows
Australia*, New Zealand, Tasmania*,
Cultivation
Plants are grown from seed.
Notes
There are about 500 Oxalis species.
References (14)
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- Harris, S., Buchanan, A., Connolly, A., 2001, One Hundred Islands: The Flora of the Outer Furneaux. Tas Govt. p 196
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