Oxalis albicans explained

Oxalis albicans, commonly known as radishroot woodsorrel, is North American species of perennial herbs in the woodsorrel family. It is widespread in Mexico (from Baja California east to Coahuila and south as far as Oaxaca) and the southwestern United States (California, New Mexico, Arizona, western Texas).^[1]

In California, the species grows in chaparral, coastal sage scrub, and other habitats, from sea level to elevations of 2296feet. The plant is found in the California Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, and other regions of the state.^[2]

Former subspecies

Currently recognized Oxalis species, that were formerly considered Oxalis albicans subspecies, include:^[3]

• Oxalis californica, formerly Oxalis albicans ssp. californica — California yellow sorrel; native to coastal sage scrub and chaparral and montane chaparral and woodlands habitats in Southern California, the Channel Islands, and northwestern Baja California; sea level to 2035m (6,677feet).^{[4] [5] [6]}
• Oxalis pilosa, formerly Oxalis albicans ssp. pilosa — hairy wood sorrel; from Baja California, through California, to British Columbia; below 1800m (5,900feet).^{[7] [8] [9]}

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment — Oxalis albicans

Notes and References

1. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Oxalis%20albicans.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
2. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=6007 CalFlora taxon report, University of California: Oxalis albicans
3. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/interchange/superseded_names.html The Jepson Manual—TJM2 (2012) Index to Names Superseded since TJM1 (1993)
4. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=oxalis+albicans+ssp.+californica&one=T CalFlora: Oxalis californica
5. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?5527,5528,5529,5530 Jepson: Oxalis albicans ssp. californica
6. http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/img_query?rel-taxon=begins+with&where-taxon=Oxalis+californica%7COxalis+albicans+ssp.+californica CalPhotos: Oxalis californica gallery, University of California
7. http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=11895 CalFlora: Oxalis pilosa
8. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=35601 Jepson: Oxalis pilosa
9. http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-lifeform=any&rel-taxon=contains&where-taxon=Oxalis+pilosa&rel-namesoup=matchphrase&where-namesoup=&rel-location=matchphrase&where-location=&rel-county=eq&where-county=any&rel-state=eq&where-state=any&rel-country=eq&where-country=any&where-collectn=any&rel-photographer=contains&where-photographer=&rel-kwid=equals&where-kwid=&max_rows=24 CalPhotos: Oaxalis pilosa gallery, University of California