OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis stricta   FAMILY Oxalidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis stricta   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Oxalis stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Oxalis stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Oxalis corniculata

INCLUDED WITHIN Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)

Oxalis stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)

Oxalis stricta

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xanthoxalis bushii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xanthoxalis cymosa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xanthoxalis rufa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xanthoxalis stricta

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel


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image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_xabu_001_lvd

        

Xanthoxalis bushii.

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_xacy2_001_lvd

        

Xanthoxalis cymosa.

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_xaru_001_lvd

        

Xanthoxalis rufa.

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_xast2_001_lvd

        

Xanthoxalis stricta.

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

Gill Newberry    gn04_oxalis_stricta

April        

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

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

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).

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_187

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_189

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

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).

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlmoxalisyellow_slide2

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

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).

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlmoxalisyellow_slide4

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlmoxalisyellow_slide5

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Oxalis stricta, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlmoxalisyellow_slide6

April    Spartanburg County    SC

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis stricta   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis stricta   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Oxalis stricta

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Oxalis corniculata

INCLUDED WITHIN Shinners & Mahler’s Illustrated Flora of North Central Texas (Diggs, Lipscomb, & O’Kennon, 1999)
Oxalis stricta

SYNONYMOUS WITH Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis stricta

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xanthoxalis bushii

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xanthoxalis cymosa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xanthoxalis rufa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xanthoxalis stricta

 

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1007

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, also in a variety of natural habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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Invasive?

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

 

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