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Sighting 3869162

Oxalis articulata

Shamrock at Isaacs, ACT

Oxalis articulata at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2018 02:29 PM
Oxalis articulata at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2018 02:29 PM
Oxalis articulata at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2018 02:29 PM
Oxalis articulata at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2018 02:29 PM
Oxalis articulata at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2018 02:29 PM
Oxalis articulata at Isaacs, ACT - 26 Oct 2018 02:29 PM
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Identification history

Oxalis articulata 30 Oct 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Oxalis articulata 26 Oct 2018 Mike
Oxalis purpurea 25 Oct 2018 Mike

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Photo showing roots added.

4 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   26 Oct 2018
Possibly. The photos do not give enough information to be certain. I cannot tell even if the plant is stemless with the leaves all coming out from the top of the root, or if it has a stem. That is the first paragraph in the Plantnet key.
Mike wrote:
   26 Oct 2018
The suggestion via iNaturalist.org is Oxalis articulata. I will investigate when I have implements. O. purpurea was identified in 2017 https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sightings/Details/3378059.
Mike wrote:
   26 Oct 2018
It does look like https://keyserver.lucidcentral.org/weeds/data/media/Html/oxalis_articulata.htm because it does not have a yellow centre.
BettyDonWood wrote:
   29 Oct 2018
Oxalis purpurea has densely hairy leaf stalks and is single flowered, the flower held barely above the leaves. Oxalis articulata and Oxalis debilis have hairless or sparsely hairy leaf stalks, the inflorescence usually at least 3-flowered, and the flowers are held above the leaves. The key character in both Plantnet and Vicflora distinguishing Oxalis articulata is that it does not produce bulbils while Oxalis debils produces many bulbils. Please comment.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

Species information

  • Oxalis articulata Scientific name
  • Shamrock Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Minor weed or pest
  • Up to 1223.19m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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