Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub is a plant in the Oxalidaceae family, order Oxalidales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub

Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub

Oxalis inaequalis is a bulb-forming wood sorrel native to South Africa’s Cape Provinces, with unequal sepals giving it its name.

Family
Genus
Oxalis
Order
Oxalidales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub

Oxalis inaequalis Weintroub is a bulb-forming flowering plant species that belongs to the wood sorrel family. This species is native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Each individual plant grows a rosette that can hold up to 70 succulent leaves, and these leaves occasionally produce aerial bulbs. The flowers of Oxalis inaequalis are yellow and copper-coloured. Its sepals grow to unequal sizes; this feature gives the species its specific epithet inaequalis, which is the Latin word for "unequal".

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Oxalidales Oxalidaceae Oxalis

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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