Oxalis albicans

Oxalis albicans
Oxalis albicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species: O. albicans
Binomial name
Oxalis albicans
Kunth

Oxalis albicans, commonly known as Hairy Woodsorrel, White Oxalis, Radishroot Woodsorrel or Radishroot Yellow-sorrel, is a perennial herb that is native to the state of California and surrounding regions in the United States of America and northern Mexico. It grows in the northern coastal scrub and coastal sage scrub habitats as well as chaparral of the state, from elevations of 0 to 2296 feet.[1]

Named subspecies are:

  • Oxalis albicans ssp. albicans
  • Oxalis albicans ssp. californica – California Yellow-sorrel
  • Oxalis albicans ssp. pilosa

The subspecies pilosa can be only found at elevations up to 656 feet,[2] while the subspecies californica can be found up to elevations of 2296 feet.[3] Both subspecies are native to California, although the former can be found outside of California within western North America,[2] while the latter exists outside of California only slightly beyond its borders.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=6007
  2. ^ a b http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=6009
  3. ^ http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=oxalis+albicans+ssp.+californica&one=T
  4. ^ http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=oxalis+albicans+ssp.+californica&one=T

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