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Uncultivated land and disturbed habitat. – Avventizia effimera segnalata per le Isole Ciclopi
(Musmarra 1941: likely misidentified sub Oxalis tropaeoloides Schltdl.). Not further confirmed,
perhaps extinct. – EX.
1104. Oxalis pes-caprae L., Sp. Pl.: 434 (1753) [“O. acetosella” sensu Guss. (1827)]
Uncultivated land, gardens, fields. – Throughout the region. – CC.
1105. Oxalis albicans Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 5: 244 (1822)
Uncultivated land and gardens. – Etna, reported in 1887 but to be verified (Pignatti 1982). – RR.

1106. Oxalis purpurata Jacq., Pl. Hort. Schoenb. 3: 57 (1798)
Uncultivated land and disturbed habitat. – Subspontaneous to Catania (Poli 1967), Messina
(Castiglia & al. 1980); found also elsewhere. – R.
1107. Oxalis purpurea L., Sp. Pl.: 433 (1753) [Oxalis variabilis Jacq. ampl. Knuth; O.
humilis Thunb.; O. speciosa Jacq.]
Uncultivated land and disturbed habitat. – Southern-African species, naturalized at Palermo
since 1869 (Pignatti 2: 3, 1982, sub O. variabilis Jacq. ampl. Knuth); Marzamemi e Messinese
(Zodda 1899: sub O. speciosa); Ganzirri + Faro presso Messina (Zodda 1900 a). – R.

1108. Oxalis latifolia Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 5: 237 (1822)
Beds and disturbed habitat. – Southern-American plant, spontaneous in thenMessina area:
Messina + Faro Superiore + Zaffaria + Mortelle + Timpazzi (Villari & Zaccone 1999). – R.

1109. Oxalis articulata Savigny in Lam., Encycl. Méth. Bot. 4: 686 (1798)
Uncultivated beds. – Southern-American geophit, spontaneous in the Messina area: Barcellona
Pozzo di Gotto + Messina S. Agata (Villari & Zaccone 1999). – R.

GERANIACEAE
* Pelargonium zonale (L.) Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 2: 424 (1789) [Bas. Geranium zonale
L., Sp. Pl.: 678 (1753)]
Surroundings of parks and gardens. – Sicilia (Fiori 1927). Often in ground taken from flower
beds, never naturalized.
1110. Geranium sanguineum L., Sp. Pl.: 683 (1753)
Mountain and hilly woods. – Throughout the region. – C.
1111. Geranium versicolor L., Cent. Pl. 1: 21 (1755) [Geranium striatum L., Sp. Pl. ed. 2:
953 (1763)]
Broadleaf woods. – Northern Sicily mountains. – C.

1112. Geranium tuberosum L., Sp. Pl.: 680 (1753)
Fields, vineyards and olive-grove. – Boccadifalco, Grazia, Colli di Palermo, Siculiana, Palmi,
Alicata, Terranova (Gussone 1828); Giarratana (Heldreich), Catania (Cosentini) (Gussone 1844);
Avola (Bianca) (Gussone 1845: 849); Noto, Girgenti, Siracusa, Caltagirone (Taranto & Gerbino)
(Lojacono 1889); Milo (Nicotra 1893 a); Licata: Piana (Ponzo 1902); Vizzini Poggio del Lago
(Turrisi 1999). – NC.
1113. Geranium asphodeloides Burm. fil., Spec. Bot. Geran.: 28 (1759)