Oxalis decaphylla

Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.

Nov. Gen. Sp. 5(fol. & qto.): plate 468. 1822.

Common names: Ten-leaf wood-sorrel
Synonyms: Oxalis grayi (Rose) R. Knuth
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 149. Mentioned on page 135.

Herbs perennial, acaulous, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulbs solitary or clustered; bulb scales 9–15+-nerved. Leaves basal, rarely absent at flowering; petiole 7–32 (–46) cm; leaflets (3–) 5–11, green to purplish abaxially, green adaxially, sometimes with purplish transverse medial band, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly oblong or linear, (10–) 12–38 (–72) mm, lobed (1/6–) 1/2–2/3 (–9/10) length, lobes apically subacute, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits absent. Inflorescences umbelliform cymes, (2–) 6–11 (–15) -flowered; scapes 7–35 cm, glabrous. Flowers distylous; sepal apices with 2 orange, linear, thick tubercles; petals green proximally, rose-purple or lavender to pink, rarely white, distally, with green veins, (7–) 9–17 (–22) mm. Capsules ellipsoid, 3–11 mm, glabrous. 2n = 28, 56.


Phenology: Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat: Sycamore-walnut, oak, pine-oak, ponderosa pine, pine-spruce-aspen, or spruce-fir woodlands, canyons, meadows, seeps, streamsides.
Elevation: (1700–)2200–3000(–3200) m.

Distribution

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Ariz., N.Mex., c, n Mexico

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
Guy L. Nesom +
Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al. +
subpalmate +  and pinnate +
ellipsoid +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.1 cm11 mm <br />0.011 m <br />) +
taprooted +  and fibrous-rooted +
Ten-leaf wood-sorrel +
umbelliform +
Ariz. +, N.Mex. +, c +  and n Mexico +
(1700–)2200–3000(–3200) m. +
Sycamore-walnut, oak, pine-oak, ponderosa pine, pine-spruce-aspen, or spruce-fir woodlands, canyons, meadows, seeps, streamsides. +
(2-)6-11(-15)-flowered +
axillary +  and terminal +
whorled +  and alternate +
3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br /> (7.2 cm72 mm <br />0.072 m <br />) +
green;green;purplish abaxially +
5 (?) +  and 11 (?) +
lobed +, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate +  and narrowly oblong or linear +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (3.8 cm38 mm <br />0.038 m <br />) +
subacute +
orange +  and black +
1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
white +, lavender +  and pink +
connate +  and distinct +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br /> (46 cm460 mm <br />0.46 m <br />) +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (32 cm320 mm <br />0.32 m <br />) +
Flowering Jun–Aug. +
Nov. Gen. Sp. +
7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br /> (35 cm350 mm <br />0.35 m <br />) +
connate +  and distinct +
free +  and connate +
creeping +  and prostrate +
erect to decumbent +
distinct +
Oxalis grayi +
Oxalis decaphylla +
species +