플라바사랑초

플라바사랑초

과명	Oxalidaceae (괭이밥과)	속명	Oxalis (괭이밥속)
전체학명	Oxalis flava L.	추천명	플라바사랑초
이명		외국명

Oxalis flava is a South African species-complex found on sandy flats from Namaqualand southwards to the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to Riverdale. Salter has described it as a variable species with many different varieties. It has very interesting basal leaves that are jointed and have 2 to 12 narrow leaflets, often folded lengthwise. Flowers are solitary, yellow, white or pale rosy violet, often purple on the outer margin. This species is fall blooming.

The form below has yellow flowers and 5-7 narrow leaflets. It blooms better planted in a deep pot. Photo 1 taken by Mary Sue Ittner shows the flower before it opens and photo 2 by Bob Rutemoeller shows the plant. Photo 3-4 were taken by Nhu Nguyen. Photo 5 from Mary Sue Ittner the bulbs on a 1 cm grid.

The form below has yellow flowers and numerous very narrow leaves. Bulbs were were originally collected in seasonally moist soil in heavy clay on the Nieuwoudtville plateau

http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/Oxalis_flava