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Oxalis bowiei

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Bowie's wood-sorrel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. bowiei
Binomial name
Oxalis bowiei

Oxalis bowiei, Bowie's wood-sorrel,[1][2] red-flower woodsorrel,[3] or Cape shamrock, is a plant from the genus Oxalis, which is native to what was Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It has also been naturalized in Australia.[1]

It is named after James Bowie who collected plants for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew at the beginning of the 19th century.[2]

Its flowering stems may be a foot or more in height and are produced continuously for a considerable length of time during summer.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Oxalis bowiei". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b Groom, Quentin (2019-03-15). "Typification of Oxalis bowiei W.T.Aiton ex G.Don (Oxalidaceae)". PhytoKeys (119): 23–30. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.119.33280. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 6430744. PMID 30930650.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Oxalis bowiei​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Oxalis bowieana". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 December 2007.