Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis articulata
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about windowbox wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis rubra
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-002:
Oxalis rubra
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
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Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra
COMMON NAME:
windowbox wood-sorrel
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JK Marlow jkm130430_841
April Spartanburg County SC
Leaflets pubescent on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4508_061
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow jkm130501_910
May Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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JK Marlow jkm130501_912
May Greenville County SC
Lake Conestee Nature Park
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_118
May Spartanburg County SC
Flowers long-pedunculate, overtopping the leaves, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm53010_122
May Spartanburg County SC
Petals pink or white, 1-1.5cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm141022_194
October Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Leaves all basal, with reddish-brown callosities mostly along the margins, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Oxalis articulata
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis rubra
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-002:
Oxalis rubra
FAMILY
Oxalidaceae
INCLUDING
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Oxalis articulata ssp. rubra
3461
Forb
Perennial
Non-native: South America
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont
Look for it on roadsides, in old gardens, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Pink or White
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths
Flowers in umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule
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