OXALIDACEAE

Oxalis drummondii

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habit - a perennial herb. The leaves are basal and raised above the ground on long petioles inflorescence - the flowers are borne on a long naked peduncle called a scape
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leaves - palmately compound. Notice the dark splotches sometimes present on the blade of the leaflets.  .... another close up of the flowers