OXALIS ARTICULATA

This member of the Oxalidaceae family was given this name by Marie Jules César Lélorgne de Savigny in 1798. It is found in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil - and brought around the world, growing in a sandy or other well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to four centimetres in diameter, fifteen centimetres long, the entire plant to 20 or 30 centimetres in height. The flowers are from white over pink to violet.

The genera name means 'sharp, pungent', as to leaf taste. The species name means 'jointed'; separating freely as in leaf fall. Acetosella articulata (Savigny) Kuntze Acetosella platensis (A.St.-Hil. & Naudin) Kuntze Acetosella rubra (A.St.-Hil.) Kuntze Oxalis arechavaletae Herter Oxalis articulata f. crassipes (Urb.) Lourteig Oxalis articulata subsp. floribunda (Lehm.) B.Bock Oxalis articulata f. guttata (Arechav.) Osten ex R.Knuth Oxalis articulata f. halophila (Arechav.) Osten ex R.Knuth Oxalis articulata var. hirsuta Progel Oxalis articulata subsp. nodulosa Beauverd & Felipp. Oxalis articulata subsp. rubra (A.St.-Hil.) Lourteig Oxalis articulata var. sericea Progel Oxalis canterae Arechav. Oxalis chilensis Pers. Oxalis crassipes Urb. Oxalis dumicola Arechav. Oxalis floribunda Lehm. Oxalis glandulosa Larrañaga Oxalis guttata Arechav. Oxalis halophila Arechav. Oxalis lasiandra Graham Oxalis lasiopetala var. pubescens Progel Oxalis lasiophylla A.St.-Hil. & Naudin Oxalis monticola var. sericea R.Knuth Oxalis platensis A.St.-Hil. & Naudin Oxalis praecox Lehm. Oxalis pseudostipulata Arechav. Oxalis racemosa Savigny Oxalis rivalis Arechav. Oxalis rubra A.St.-Hil. Oxalis sericea Arechav. Oxalis tubistipula Steud. ex F.Phil. Wild plant from Paraguay.