Oxalis caprina
A short-stemmed bulbous Oxalis from the winter-rainfall Cape of South Africa, with bluish flowers. It grows through the cool, wet winter and dies back to its bulbs in the hot, dry summer, so it needs a real summer rest in cultivation.
Where it grows wild
Common in the lowlands of the southwestern and southern Cape, with many records around Cape Town and along the south coast. Like other Cape Oxalis it grows in open fynbos, renosterveld and disturbed ground; this is inferred from the genus and the record pattern.
Mostly near sea level up to a few hundred metres; the climate sites lie between 0 and 170 m.
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