Oxalis
pes-caprae
Annual
or perennial herbs to shrubs or trees, with acid sap.
The principal genus is Oxalis
in which there are nearly 500 species. Leaves
usually compound, either digitate or pinnate, alternate or the basal opposite.
The flowers are bisexual, regular; sepals and petals 5, stamens 10, hypogynous,
the outer 5 opposite the petals; styles 5, separate; stigmas capitate or
somewhat bifid. Ovary superior,
5-celled, 2 to many-ovuled; fruit a capsule or berry-like.
(Munz, Flora So. Calif.).
Upper
Newport Bay species within the family: