Oxalis albicans

Kunth

in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. 5(fol.): 189; 5(qto.): 244. 1822.

Common names: Western yellow wood-sorrel
Synonyms: Oxalis californica var. subglabra Wiegand O. corniculata subsp. albicans (Kunth) Lourteig O. corniculata var. wrightii (A. Gray) B. L. Turner O. pilosa var. wrightii (A. Gray) Wiegand O. wrightii A. Gray Xanthoxalis albicans (Kunth) Small X. wrightii (A. Gray) Abrams
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 142. Mentioned on page 137, 143.

Herbs perennial, caulescent, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulbs absent. Aerial stems usually 2–8 from base, usually decumbent to prostrate, less commonly ascending, sporadically rooting at nodes, 10–40 cm, becoming woody proximally, puberulent to hirtellous-puberulent, hairs usually antrorsely curved or crisped, sometimes ± straight, nonseptate, longer hairs 0.2–0.3(–0.8) mm. Leaves basal and cauline; stipules rudimentary or oblong, margins narrowly flanged, apical auricles absent; petiole (1–)3–7(–10) cm, hairs nonseptate; leaflets 3, glaucous and gray-green to yellowish green, obcordate, 5–10(–15) mm, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, surfaces glabrous to loosely strigose, oxalate deposits absent. Inflorescences umbelliform cymes, 1–2(–3)-flowered; peduncles 1.5–5 cm. Flowers semihomostylous, within level of leaves; sepal apices without tubercles, surfaces strigose to hirsute-strigose; petals yellow, rarely with red lines proximally, 6–10(–12) mm. Capsules angular-cylindric, abruptly tapering to apex, 14–20 mm, strigose-hirsute. Seeds brown to blackish brown, transverse ridges rarely with whitish lines or spots.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Aug(–Oct).
Habitat: Desert scrub, grasslands, mesquite-acacia, pinyon-juniper, oak-pine-juniper, oak-buckthorn, riparian woodlands (sycamore-hackberry-walnut-ash-willow), stream banks, meadows, washes, hillsides, ravines, canyons, disturbed sites.
Elevation: (600–)700–1900(–2100) m.

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico, Central America (Guatemala).

Discussion

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Guy L. Nesom +
Western yellow wood-sorrel +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, Tex. +, Mexico +  and Central America (Guatemala). +
(600–)700–1900(–2100) m. +
Desert scrub, grasslands, mesquite-acacia, pinyon-juniper, oak-pine-juniper, oak-buckthorn, riparian woodlands (sycamore-hackberry-walnut-ash-willow), stream banks, meadows, washes, hillsides, ravines, canyons, disturbed sites. +
Flowering Apr–Aug(–Oct). +
in A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. Gen. Sp. +
Oxalis californica var. subglabra +, O. corniculata subsp. albicans +, O. corniculata var. wrightii +, O. pilosa var. wrightii +, O. wrightii +, Xanthoxalis albicans +  and X. wrightii +
Oxalis albicans +
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