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(First upload on September 4 2007. Last on July 15 2019) [ 日本語 | English ]

Oxalis corniculata L.






Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily

Oxalis L. (カタバミ) in Japan


Stamen: pentadynamous
Key
1. present aboveground shoot; alternate leaf; (yellow flower)

2. present aboveground stolon; remarkably-auriform, small stipule ___ O. corniculata
2. present belowground stolon; inconspicuous stipule ___ O. stricta

1. absent aboveground shoot; radical leaf
O. acetosella L. (コミヤマカタバミ)
O. amamiana Hatus. (アマミカタバミ, syn. O. exilis A. Cunn.)
O. articulata (イモカタバミ)
O. barrelieri L. (ハギカタバミ)
O. bowiei Herb. (ハナカタバミ)
O. braziliensis Lodd. ex Knowles et Westcott (ベニカタバミ)
O. corniculata L. (カタバミ)
O. corymbosa DC. (ムラサキカタバミ)
O. dillenii Jacq. (オッタチカタバミ)
O. exilis A. Cunn. (アマミカタバミ)
O. griffithii Edgew. et Hook. fil. (ミヤマカタバミ)

var. kantoensis (Terao) T. Shimizu (カントウミヤマカタバミ)
f. rubriflora (Makino) Sugim. ex Yonek. (ベニバナミヤマカタバミ)

O. hirta L. (キダチハナカタバミ)
O. obtriangulata Maxim. (オオヤマカタバミ)
O. pentaphylla Sims (ゴヨウカタバミ)
O. pes-caprae L. (オオキバナカタバミ)
O. purpurea L. (フヨウカタバミ)
O. spiralis G. Don (ラセンカタバミ*)
O. stricta L. (エゾタチカタバミ)
O. tetraphylla Cav. (モンカタバミ)
O. versicolor L. (シボリカタバミ)
Diagram
Floral diagram (花式) of Oxyalis

exotic pink-flowered Oxalis

Oxalis corniculata in Japan


Katabami (カタバミ, 片喰), creeping wood sorrel
Oxalis Gr. "sour" (from the acidic taste of the foliage)
corniculata L. "bearing small horns" (from the look of the fruits)
Lifeform: annual - perennial
Distribution: cosmopolitan in temperate and tropical regions
Habitat: ruderal (worldwide weed)
Seed dispersal: animal after self
Synonyms:

Xanthoxalis corniculata (L.) Small

var. trichocaulon Lev. (ケカタバミ): hairy, coastal (Honshu- Ryuku)
f. rubrifolia (Makino) Hara (アカカタバミ): small, purple-red leaf
f. atropurpurea (Planch.) Van Houtte ex Hegi, or f. tropaeoloides (Schalacht.) R. Knuth (ウスアカカタバミ): somewhat purple-red leaf and stem
f. plena Satake (ホシザキカタバミ): petals = 10, sepals = 10
索引

Oxalis1 Oxalis2 Oxalis3
[1] near Toya Lake Experimental Station, Hokkaido University, on August 21 2007. [2] along a paved road in Sotogou Park (外濠公園), Tokyo, on November 18 2016. [3] at the bottom of a bank along Sophia Street, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on May 24 2019. Record: near Ono Pond (大野池) on July 13 2018.


var. trichocaulon

Oxalis1 Oxalis2
[1/2] at a coastsde in Oi Pier Seaside Park, faced to Keihin Canal, Tokyo, on December 26 2015.


f. rubrifolia

Oxalis1 Oxalis2
[1/2] at N28/E1, East Ward, Sapporo, on July 18 2012.

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