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(First upload on January 9 2013. Last on February 28 2016) [ 日本語 | English ]

Oxalis L. (カタバミ) Murasaki-katabami (ムラサキカタバミ, 紫片喰), violet woodsorrel, or pink woodsorrel Kikyoukatabami (キキョウカタバミ) Lifeform: weedy perennial forb Distribution: native to south America, introduced to Japan in the late Edo Era and distributed in south to Kanto District

Habitat: disturbed sites, such as roadsides, railroads, gravel-bars, wasteground, lawns, and gardens Anther: white ↔ O. articulata = yellow Seed dispersal: self Synonyms: Oxalis debilis Kunth ssp. corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig, often used Oxalis martiana Zucc. ⇒ exotic pink-flowered Oxalis

Oxalis corymbosa in Japan

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[1/2] at Yushima Temple (seido), Tokyo, on May 30 2014. [3/4] undar a hedge in Hibiya Park, Tokyo, on December 26 2015. [5] in Oi Pier Seaside Park, Tokyo, on December 26 2015. Records: on a bank along Sophia Street, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on May 24 2019.