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Flower Grapevine Canyon - Sue Smith		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Oxalis albicans - radishroot woodsorrel Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Oxalidaceae
Flower Grapevine Canyon - Sue Smith


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial
General Desc: Stems are loose and tending to ascend.
Identification notes: Yellow petals and densely appressed hairs with prostrate or creeping stems that do not root distinguishes this from other Oxalis sp.
Height: 4 to 16 inches

Habitat

Habitat Description: Usually found in moist soils and in partial shade.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 2500 - 7500 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Yellow Shape: Regular not in clusters Tubular: N Flowering Period: Mar - Nov
Description: Flower stalks are over 1/2 inch long and strongly bent downward in fruit. Sepals are under 1/4 inch long, narrow and reddish or purplish toward the tip. Petals are 1/4 inch to slightly under 1/2 inch in length. Petals are clawed and joined at the base.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green Leaf Type: Compound Leaf Shape: Triangular Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaf stems are slender 1 to 4 inches long. Has 3 leaflets that are inversely heart shaped less than 1/4 inch to over 1/2 inch in length and about as wide.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Capsules are cylindrical and 1/2 inch to 3/4 inch in length and minutely hairy. Fleshy, explosive capsules.
Seed Notes: Seeds have a fleshy covering; 1/16 inch long.


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