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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 (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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Stems erect, usually arising singly from the base, 20-60(90)cm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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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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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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April Spartanburg County SC
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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
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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April Spartanburg County SC
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April Spartanburg County SC
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April Spartanburg County SC