Oxalis purpurea

Common name: bobbejaansuring, geelsuring, Joemapitsuring, grand duchess sorrel, suring

Family: Oxalidaceae (Wood-sorrel)

Distribution: South Africa

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

National red list: Least Concern

Life form: Geophyte (bulb, corm or tuber - seasonally dormant)

Comments: A common but undervalued South African native plant, Oxalis purpurea can make a most magnificent garden plant that flowers for half the year. The flowers usually appear more than one at a time and when flowering en masse are spectacular.

Links: iSpot • Red List of South African Plants • SANBI PlantZAfrica

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1: Beds at Millstream, Van Riebeeck Street entrance (Millstream) • Accession: 2018-189/1 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
2: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-478 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
3: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-480 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
4: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-481 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
5: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-483 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
6: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-486 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
7: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-487 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
8: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-488 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
9: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-490 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
10: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-491 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
11: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-492 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
12: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-493 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
13: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-496 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
14: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-498 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
15: Bonsai/Penjing collection (Bonsai) • Accession: 2019-500 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
16: Nursery areas • Accession: 2019-479 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
17: Nursery areas • Accession: 2019-482 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
18: Nursery areas • Accession: 2019-485 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
19: Nursery areas • Accession: 2019-489 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild
20: Nursery areas • Accession: 2019-494 • Origin: South Africa • Provenance: Wild

Area

Individual

Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

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Taxon

Oxalis purpurea

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