Oxalis articulata Savigny, 1798

Common names

🇬🇧 Pink-sorrel
🇫🇷 Oxalide articulée, Oxalis articulé

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Subfamily: Oxalidoideae
Genus: Oxalis
Species: Oxalis articulata

Presence

Introduced.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): NA Not Applicable

Notes

The flowers are typically of a deep pink, but they can also be white.

Possible confusion with O. debilis Kunth, 1822, whose flowers are white or pink, and whose leaves does not have orange spots on the abaxial side.

Photographs

img/oxalis-articulata.webp — Oxalis articulata

img/oxalis-articulata-2.webp — Oxalis articulata

img/oxalis-articulata-4.webp — Oxalis articulata

img/oxalis-articulata-6.webp — Oxalis articulata

img/oxalis-articulata-3.webp — Oxalis articulata - Leaves

img/oxalis-articulata-5.webp — Oxalis articulata - Leaf, abaxial side showing distinctive orange spots

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 870). Biotope.