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The curly sour leaves of the plant are suitable for the most shady place in the garden, where the soil can dry out only during a prolonged exhausting drought. After all, Kislitsa belongs to mesophytic plants that suffer from excess moisture, but really need its constant presence in the soil. The roots and leaves of Kislitsa are edible and have healing powers
Rod Kislitsa
Herbaceous annuals and perennial shrubs, the number of which is estimated at several hundred, represent the genus Kislitsa or Oxalis (Oxalis). The organ responsible for feeding can be a creeping rhizome, sometimes knobby, or a modified stem - a bulb, or tubers.
Most often, herbaceous perennials are grown in culture, the leaves of which have a specific sour taste and are more like flowers, having three or four rounded lobes, resembling flower petals, which are usually painted by small children. The plant owes its name to the sour taste of the leaves, familiar from childhood to those who met her in the gloomy shadow of the forest. The leaves are rich in useful components and are used in human nutrition, as well as in folk medicine.
Varieties
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Oxalis ordinary (Oxalis acetosella) is a rhizomatous perennial, creeping along the ground, rising above the surface by only 10 cm. The most common species, covering moist and shady thickets of the forest with a continuous carpet. Delicate leaves on a long petiole, similar to clover leaves, are so accustomed to living in the shade that they fold in the bright sun, reducing the area of contact with the luminary. They spend the same gymnastics at night, as if laying down to rest. In the spring, small white flowers bloom that stay on the plant for a long time. Breeders have bred many varieties that differ in a variety of flower colors.
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Acid drooping (Oxalis cernua) is a surprisingly decorative bulbous perennial. Its leaves are glossy, and the yellow flowers are bell-shaped.
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Golden-flowered oxalis (Oxalis chrysantha) - perennial with golden-yellow funnel-shaped flowers and light green trifoliate leaves.
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Nine-leaved oxalis (Oxalis enneaphylla) is a herbaceous perennial with white funnel-shaped flowers. Gray leaves consist of many leaves, as if huddled in a friendly flock, giving the leaf a ribbed appearance.
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Poor oxalis (Oxalis inops) - grows from a bulb, covering the ground with a continuous carpet of its light green trifoliate leaves. As a perennial plant, it grows rapidly, turning into a weed. The flowers are bright pink, funnel-shaped.
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Blade oxalis (Oxalis laciniata) - rhizome perennial. From root tubers on thin roots, gray-green leaves grow, representing a family of 9-12 small leaves. Intense blue and purple funnel-shaped flowers exuding aroma.
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Four-leaf oxalis (Oxalis tetraphylla) - has another name, Oxalis deppei. Bulbous perennial with decorative light green leaves. Four dipteran leaves are similar to butterflies that have sat down on the ground to rest, joining sharp noses and forming a bright spot in the center of the leaf with their purple heads. Carmine-red flowers are collected in bright umbrellas.
Growing
Although oxalis loves shady places more, it can grow in the sun.
Unpretentiousness to soils does not negate the best growth of acid wood on soils rich in organic matter, light and well-drained. Planting is carried out in September, and in warm climates in March. Cold resistance depends on the type of acid.
The plant should be watered regularly, but in moderation. When grown indoors in winter, the soil is kept slightly moist.
Usage
Perennial species of sorrel have taken root in rocky gardens. Floral borders are arranged from them, planted in carpet flower beds.
In addition, they are grown as a pot culture, as an ampel plant.
To maintain their appearance, some species need to be restricted in growth so that they do not turn into weeds.
Reproduction
Propagated by cuttings, bulbs, or spring division of the bush.
Enemies
Sour should not be grown next to corn, since the fungus that causes corn rust, having dealt with one plant, moves to housewarming, affecting the sour.
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Yellow Sour Carob
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Goat Sour
Goat oxalis (Latin Oxalis pes-caprae) - a herbaceous perennial plant of the genus Kislitsa (Latin Oxalis), belonging to the family of the same name Kislichnye (Latin Oxalidaceae). Possessing thick fleshy underground shoots, goat's oxalis grows rapidly, filling everything around with itself.
Sour Cream Apple
Sour cream apple (lat.Annona muricata) - a fairly common plant belonging to the Annonov family. Description Sour cream is a fruit tree up to nine meters high. All young shoots are certainly pubescent, and smooth, shiny and surprisingly fragrant leaves are painted in light green underneath and dark green on top.
Annona - Sour Cream Apple
This unusual shape of the fruit grew on the tree of the same name. Originally from the tropics, annona has recently taken root in the Russian open spaces as a houseplant. The divine aroma of its fruit will not leave you indifferent and will enrich the body with vitamins and useful microelements. The fruit has antibiotic properties, calms the nervous system, destroys cancer cells without harming the body, as chemotherapy does
Sour Sorrel
Sour sorrel (lat.Rumex acetosa) - a representative of a large genus Sorrel of the Buckwheat family. Other names are common sorrel, oxalis, salad sorrel, sour, sour. In nature, it is found almost everywhere. Prefers a temperate climate. Typical habitats are fields, meadows, forest edges, mountain slopes.
