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|accepted_name=Oxalis caerulea
|accepted_authority=(Small) R. Knuth
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem
|place=7: 316. 1919
|year=1919
}}
|common_names=Blue wood-sorrel
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Ionoxalis caerulea
|authority=Small
|rank=species
|publication_title=in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl.
|publication_place=25: 33. 1907
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Oxalidaceae;Oxalis;Oxalis caerulea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Oxalidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Oxalis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Oxalis caerulea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 12
|mention_page=page 135
|treatment_page=page 148
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs </b>perennial, acaulous, rhizomes and stolons absent, bulb solitary; bulb scales (3–)5–7-nerved. <b>Leaves</b> basal; petiole 3–10(–13) cm; leaflets (3–)4(–5), green to purplish abaxially, green adaxially, obtriangular to obcordate, 5–22 mm, lobed 1/5–1/2 length, lobes apically rounded, surfaces glabrous, oxalate deposits absent or as few punctate tubercles near lobe apices. <b>Inflorescences</b> umbelliform cymes, (1–)2–7-flowered; scapes 6–12(–15) cm, glabrous. <b>Flowers</b> distylous; sepal apices with 2 orange, linear tubercles; petals red to pinkish lavender, 8–10 mm. <b>Capsules</b> ellipsoid, 3.5–6 mm, glabrous.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Streambeds, stream banks, meadows, pinyon-juniper, pine-oak-juniper, or pine-aspen woodlands.
|elevation=(1800–)2000–2600 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Durango;Sonora).
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name=Oxalis caerulea
|authority=(Small) R. Knuth
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Ionoxalis caerulea
|family=Oxalidaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Sep.
|habitat=Streambeds, stream banks, meadows, pinyon-juniper, pine-oak-juniper, or pine-aspen woodlands.
|elevation=(1800–)2000–2600 m.
|distribution=Ariz.;Colo.;N.Mex.;Mexico (Chihuahua;Durango;Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem
|publication year=1919
|special status=
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|genus=Oxalis
|species=Oxalis caerulea
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