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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis stricta
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis stricta
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-007:
Oxalis stricta
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Oxalis europaea
COMMON NAME:
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xast2_001_lvd
Xanthoxalis stricta.
Gill Newberry gn04_oxalis_stricta
April
Stems erect, usually arising singly from the base, 20-60(90)cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
Roxanna Martin rlm4112_72
April Spartanburg County SC
Stem often much-branched, glabrous to very pubescent, mostly glabrous in NC-SC, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm4211_186
April Spartanburg County SC
Petals (6-)8-11mm, yellow, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).
Roxanna Martin rlmoxalisyellow_slide1
April Spartanburg County SC
Capsules columnar, nearly terete, abruptly tapering toward apex, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).
Roxanna Martin rlmoxalisyellow_slide3
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets obcordate, lobed 1/5–1/3 length, light green to yellowish-green, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).