Oxalis griffithii

Oxalis griffithii is a species of Oxalis found in thickets and meadows of Bhutan, China, India, and Japan.

Description
O. griffithii is a perennial that reaches 7 – in height. It is a stemless, pubescent. rhizome, densely covered by dark brown scalelike remains of leaf bases, 6 – thick including scales. The scales are strigose. Leaves are basal with a petiole 6 –. Trichomes are brown and curled. Leaflet blades are obtriangular, 1–2.5(–4.5) × 1.5–3.5(–5.5) cm in length. It is abaxially pubescent, adaxially glabrous, and the apex is broadly emarginate to subtruncate. Lobe apices are obtuse. Flowers are solitary and nodding. The peduncle is 4 – long, equal to or longer than leaves. Bracts at middle are flowering stalk, lanceolate, 2.5 –, with dense trichomes along midvein and margins. Sepals are lanceolate, 5 – and persistent. Petals aer white with lilac veins, rarely pink (Hubei), narrowly obovate, 1.2–1.6 (–2) cm long. Apex retuse is deeply emarginate. Capsule is oblongconic, 5 – × 5 –. Seeds are ovoid, 2.5 –, longitudinally ridged.

Distribution and habitat
It thrives in mixed deciduous or coniferous forests, and thickets. It is happy in moist and dry shady places; 800 – in altitude. It inhabits China, Taiwan, Bhutan, India, Japan, Kashmir, Korea, N Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines.