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Accession Data:

Oxalis gigantea Barneoud

  • subg. Oxalis sect. Giganteae

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Oxalidaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: Chile, Atacama Desert
  • Habitat: southern Atacama Desert (fog desert, lomas formation)

  • Description: Erect succulent shrub, to 2m; leaflets 3, obcordate, to about 5mm long; flowers yellow, to 2cm long, solitary or in 3-6 flowered umbels.

    Plants found in plant communities known as lomas formations where a dense fog, locally known as camanchaca, nourishes plant communities.
    More detail on Lomas Formations can be found at the Andean Botanical Information System website.

  • Culture: Deciduous, summer dormant
  • USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198502645
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 2216 - XER:Atacama Fog Desert
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-03-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eurosid I
  • Order: Oxalidales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Oxalidaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. Andean Botanical Information System
  3. Musial, Kathy; An Introduction to the Geography, Climate, and Flora of Chile; Pacific Horticulture, October 2011. Accessed 20 March 2015.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:15:22 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
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