Dwarf Woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata radicosa)
Description
Oxalis radicosa, Herb with branches erect or ascending, sometimes creeping, to 30 cm long, moderately to densely hairy, with hairs spreading and/or retrorse; sometimes with a stout, woody taproot. Leaves cauline, 3-foliolate; leaflets obcordate, bilobed, sinus a third to a half the length of leaflet; lobes obovate, 2-6 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, with lobe apices rounded and 2-8 mm apart; petiole 4-7 cm long; stipules inconspicuous, - keeled, abruptly tapering to the petiole., Inflorescences 2-4-flowered. Petals 6-12 mm long, yellow. Fruit erect, sometimes held on deflexed pedicels, long and usually slender-cylindrical, 7-20 mm long, 2-3 mm diam.; outer surface with simple retrorse hairs; seeds ribbed.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Oxalidales
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Family: Oxalidaceae
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Genus: Oxalis
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