Accession #: 198502645
Accession Date: 1985-12-31
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Family: Oxalidaceae
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Country of Origin: Chile, Atacama Desert
Description: Erect succulent shrub, to 2m; leaflets 3, obcordate, to about 5mm long; flowers yellow, to 2cm long, solitary or in 3-6 flowered umbels.
Plants found in plant communities known as lomas formations where a dense fog, locally known as camanchaca, nourishes plant communities.
More detail on Lomas Formations can be found at the Andean Botanical Information System website.
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USDA Zone: 9b-11
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Deciduous, summer dormant