Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis stricta
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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Read more about Common Yellow Wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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_xabu_001_lvd
Xanthoxalis bushii.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xacy2_001_lvd
Xanthoxalis cymosa.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xaru_001_lvd
Xanthoxalis rufa.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xast2_001_lvd
Xanthoxalis stricta.
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Gill Newberry gn04_oxalis_stricta
April
Stems erect, usually arising singly from the base, 20-60(90)cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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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.
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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).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_187
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_189
April Spartanburg County SC
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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).
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April Spartanburg County SC
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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).
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Roxanna Martin rlmoxalisyellow_slide4
April Spartanburg County SC
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April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlmoxalisyellow_slide6
April Spartanburg County SC
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
1007
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Disturbed areas, also in a variety of natural habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate & basal
Petioles 2-8cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
(without red lines)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths
Flowers (3)5-7(15) in umbelliform cymes at the level of or barely above leaves
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p138
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p103
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p258
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p042
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p169?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p203?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p088
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p330
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p158?