A perennial, sometimes an annual, found almost everywhere, but many native to South America and S Africa; leaves clover-like with three (sometimes more) leaflets, often folding up at night; flowers 5-petalled, funnel-shaped; fruits with catapult mechanism for dispersing seeds. Some species are grown as ornamentals. Several are serious weeds. (Genus: Oxalis, 800 species. Family: Oxalidaceae.)
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Oxalis pes-caprae: Bermuda-buttercup |
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See text. pilosa: Radishroot Wood Sorrel Oxalis alpina: Mountain Wood Sorrel Oxalis articulata: Pink Oxalis Oxalis barrelieri: Barrelier's Wood Sorrel Oxalis bowiei: Bowie's Sorrel Oxalis caerulea: Blue Wood Sorrel Oxalis corniculata: Procumbent Yellow Oxalis or Creeping Woodsorrel Oxalis debilis: Pink Wood Sorrel Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa: Pink Wood Sorrel Oxalis decaphylla: Ten-leaved Wood Sorrel or Tenleaf Woodsorrel Oxalis deppei Oxalis dichondrifolia: Peonyleaf Woodsorrel Oxalis drummondii: Drummond's Woodsorrel Oxalis eggersii: Egger's Woodsorrel Oxalis enneaphylla: Scurvy-grass Sorrel Oxalis europaea: Upright Yellow Oxalis Oxalis fourcadei Oxalis frutescens: Shrubby Woodsorrel Oxalis frutescens subsp. angustifolia: Shrubby Woodsorrel Oxalis grandis: Great Yellow Woodsorrel Oxalis hedysaroides: Fire fern Oxalis hirta: Tropical Woodsorrel Oxalis illinoensis: Illinois Woodsorrel Oxalis incarnata: Crimson Woodsorrel Oxalis intermedia: West Indian Woodsorrel Oxalis latifolia: Broadleaf Woodsorrel Oxalis macrocarpa: Sorrel Oxalis montana: Mountain Woodsorrel Oxalis nelsonii: Nelson's Sorrel Oxalis oregana: Redwood Sorrel Oxalis pes-caprae: Bermuda-buttercup Oxalis priceae: Tufted Yellow Woodsorrel Oxalis priceae subsp. texana: Texas Woodsorrel Oxalis purpurea: Purple Woodsorrel Oxalis radicosa: Dwarf Woodsorrel Oxalis regnellii: Regnell's Sorrel Oxalis regnellii atropurpurea: Purple Shamrock Oxalis rosea: Sorrel Oxalis rubra: Red Woodsorrel Oxalis rugeliana: Coamo Oxalis spiralis: Spiral Sorrel Oxalis spiralis subsp. vulcanicola: Volcanic Sorrel Oxalis stricta: Common Yellow Oxalis Oxalis tetraphylla: Fourleaf Sorrel Oxalis trilliifolia: Great Oxalis or Threeleaf Woodsorrel Oxalis tuberosa: Oca Oxalis violacea: Violet Wood Sorrel UsesThe edible tubers of the Oca (O. |
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