Species Oxalis lawsonii F. Bolus (Cattle sorrel)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Oxalidales
  • ---- family: Oxalidaceae
  • ----- species: Oxalis lawsonii
Characteristics:annual or perennial herb; purple-pink flowers; juicy, thick tap root; tubers along the lateral root; likes water
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van der Walt and le Riche 1999: 117
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