Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Ionoxalis violacea (L,.) Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 665. 1903
Oxalis violacea E. Sp. PI. 434. 1753.
Plants 1-4 dm. tall, the bulb-scales 3-ribbed ; leaves one half as tall as the scape or more, the petioles glabrous; leaflets 3, the blades obreniform, 1-2.5 cm. wide, glabrous, bright-green above, slightly paler-green beneath, the lobes rounded ; scapes glabrous ; cymes simple, 4-19-flowered ; pedicels 1-3 cm. long, glabrous; sepals oblong to ovate-oblong, 4-6 mm. long, glabrous, each bearing 2 short irregular confluent apical tubercles ; petals violet, 14-20 mm. long; shorter and longer filaments pubescent, or the shorter ones sometimes glabrous; capsules globose -ovoid, 4-5 mm. long.
Type locality : Virginia.
Distribution: Maine to the Rocky Mountain region, Florida, and Texas.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel Small, Lenda Tracy Hanks, Nathaniel Lord Britton. 1907. GERANIALES, GERANIACEAE, OXALIDACEAE, LINACEAE, ERYTHROXYLACEAE. North American flora. vol 25(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
