OXALIS ADENOPHYLLA
Author:
Claude-Casimir Gillies, 1832
Family:
OXALIDACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Gillies. (1833). In: Hook. Bot. Misc. 3: 165.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
5 Centimetres
Height:
10 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Tubers
CITES:
Synonyms:
Acetosella adenophylla, Kuntze, 1891.
Acetosella bustillosii, Kuntze, 1891.
Oxalis bustillosii Phil. 1856.
This member of the Oxalidaceae family was described by Claude-Casimir Gillies in 1832. It is found up in the mountains of Chile and Argentina, growing in well-drained soil with some water and some to full sun. The caudex will get five centimetres in diameter, the leaves reaches for ten centimetres. The flowers are pink, and it can be reproduced both by seeds and dividing the tuber-like caudex.
The genera name means 'sharp, pungent', as to leaf taste. The species name means 'bearing glands upon the leaves'. Also seen in IPNI as Geraniaceae.
Flower
Pink
Soil
Mix
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium - Maximum
