Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis dillenii
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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Read more about Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis dillenii
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-005:
Oxalis dillenii
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Oxalis florida var. florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Oxalis stricta
COMMON NAME:
Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xabr2_001_lvd
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Gill Newberry gn04_oxalis_dillenii
April
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JK Marlow jkm0404y_29
April Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Pedicels in fruit deflexed (to horizontal), per Further Observations on the Oxalis dillenii Group (Oxalidaceae) (Nesom et al., 2014).
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JK Marlow jkm120408_797
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120408_797b
April Greenville County SC
Leaflets 3, obcordate, lobed 1/5-1/3 length, green on both surfaces, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).
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JK Marlow jkm120408_826
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170429_401
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm170429_401b
April Greenville County SC
Flower petals yellow, without red lines, 5-11mm, per Further Observations on the Oxalis dillenii Group (Oxalidaceae) (Nesom et al., 2014).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis dillenii
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis dillenii
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-005:
Oxalis dillenii
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Oxalis florida var. florida
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Oxalis stricta
1002
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, lawns, a wide variety of other habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate & basal
Petioles 1-4cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
(without red lines)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths
Flowers in umbelliform cymes
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p257
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p169?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p203?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p089
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p158?