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Maggi Young

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Re: Oxalis 2018
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2018, 11:25:13 AM »
Oxalis laciniata “Sweet Sue” (Is it O. patagonica or O. laciniata?).


Janis lists it as an O. enneaphylla.  Though I've seen it named at AGS shows  as O. laciniata. And Juris Egle calles it O. patagonica ..... I need to try to find out more about this!
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Re: Oxalis 2018
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2018, 02:12:43 PM »
that's odd because the leaves look like Oxalis laciniata or a hybrid thereof. I've never seen an enneaphylla with the wavy leaves but who knows? I thought O.patagonica was just a purple form of enneaphylla.
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Re: Oxalis 2018
« Reply #17 on: June 15, 2018, 03:42:11 PM »
The leaves are saying "laciniata" to me, for sure!
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Re: Oxalis 2018
« Reply #18 on: June 15, 2018, 04:10:46 PM »
I wonder what they taste like.

I read Clarence Elliott's account of his collecting O.enneaphylla and then at some show presenting it to Lily Langtry. Upon telling her that sailors used it to prevent scurvy she ate it apparently.
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Re: Oxalis 2018
« Reply #19 on: August 02, 2018, 12:31:18 PM »
Oxalis purpurea "Alba" - this came along with some ixias from a friend  ::)
It isn't too invasive so we have let it be
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