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Accession Data:

Oxalis palmifrons T. M. Salter

  • sect. Angustatae subsect. Multifoliolatae

  • Common Name: Palm-leaf False Shamrock
  • Family: Oxalidaceae R.Br.

  • Country of Origin: South Africa - western Karoo

  • Culture: winter grower, summer dormant
  • USDA Zone: 7b-10b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800179
  • Source: Ernesto Sandoval - UC Davis Botanical Conservatory
  • Accession Date: 11-30--0001
  • Bench: 6001 - BPB:6000:Bench1
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 04-09-2025

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:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Cape Provinces

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 05 December, 2018
  2. Oxalis palmifrons at Plant Delights Nursery. Last accessed Wednesday, 05 December, 2018.
  3. Oxalis palmifrons at African Plants Database. Last accessed Friday, 14 December, 2018.
  4. Oxalis palmifrons at SANBI Redlist of South African Plants. Last accessed Friday, 14 December, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:16:09 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Oxalis palmifrons

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Current Accessions in the Oxalidaceae

  • Averrhoa carambola
  • Biophytum sensitivum
  • Biophytum zenkeri
  • Oxalis aff. megalorrhiza W/C
  • Oxalis fruticosa
  • Oxalis gigantea
  • Oxalis hedysaroides 'Rubra'
  • Oxalis lasiandra
  • Oxalis palmifrons
  • Oxalis teneriensis
  • Oxalis teneriensis
  • Oxalis triangularis
  • Oxalis triangularis
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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