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Botany 122:
Flowering Plant Identification

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Oxalidaceae: Oxalis Family

Family: Oxalidaceae
Habit various
Stem: various
Leaves: compound
Inflorescence: various
Flower: perfect, hypogynous
Perianth: 5-merous
Calyx: 5 sepals
Corolla: 5 petals
Hypanthium: 0
Androecium: 2 - 3 whorls of 5 stamens
Gynoecium: pistil 1, 5 locules (5 carpels, syncarpous)
Ovary position: superior
Stigma: {stigma_edit}
Style: 5
Fruit type: capsule
Other: some introduced species. Sterile. Reproducing by bulbs or rhizomes
Representatives: Oxalis oregana, Oxalis pes-caprae

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Oxalis pes-caprae Oxalis pes-caprae
Oxalis hirta

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