Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis montana
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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Read more about Mountain Wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis montana
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis acetosella ssp. montana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-001:
Oxalis acetosella
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxalis montana
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_oxac3_001_lhd
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Dan Whitten sdw_mountainwoodsorrel
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Petals heavily veined with pink, a yellow spot at the base, notched at tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm120523_160
May Graham County NC
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmomontana_mm2
June Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmomontana_mm4
June Yancey County NC
Mount Mitchell
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JK Marlow jkm0407v_29
July Mitchell County NC
The Roan Highlands
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Tim Spira tpsomontana9
July
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JK Marlow jkm190914_1502
September Swain County NC
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmomontana_brp1
Month Unknown NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmomontana_brp9
Month Unknown NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Leaves all basal and long-stalked, each blade with heart-shaped leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis montana
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis montana
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis acetosella ssp. montana
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-001:
Oxalis acetosella
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxalis montana
1005
Forb
Perennial
Native to North Carolina & Georgia
Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, restricted to high elevations southwards, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
(with pink veins)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths
Flowers solitary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers p082
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p184
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p050
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p160
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p043
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p103
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p133
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p168
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p202
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p414
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p088