Accession Data

Oxalis gigantea

Family: Oxalidaceae

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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession #: 198502645

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2216

Quantity: 2

Culture: Deciduous, summer dormant

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Oxalidales

Family: Oxalidaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. Andean Botanical Information System
  3. Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.

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Oxalis gigantea