Oxalis bowiei Aiton ex G.Don APNI* Synonyms: Oxalis bowiei Herb. ex Lindl. APNI*
Oxalis bowieana Lodd. APNI*
Oxalis purpurata var. bowiei (Herb. ex Lindl.) Sond. APNI*
Description: Herb with stem hardly exserted; rhizome absent; bulbs ovoid, 1.5–4 cm long, tapered, outer surface light brown.
Leaves 10–20, 3-foliolate; leaflets broad-obovate to nearly rhomboid, 1.5–4.5 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, emarginate, sinus less than a tenth the length of leaflet; lobes rounded; petiole 5–12 cm long, densely glandular-hairy; stipules tapering into petiole.
Inflorescences 4–12-flowered. Petals 9–20 mm long, light pink, greenish yellow at base.
Fruit not known in Aust.
Flowering: March–November
Distribution and occurrence: A garden weed, chiefly from the Sydney region to Condobolin. Native of S Afr.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *NWS, *CWS, *SWS, *SWP
Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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