NameThatPlant.net: Oxalis corniculata

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Creeping Lady's-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis corniculata FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-004:

Oxalis corniculata FAMILY Oxalidaceae

COMMON NAME:
Creeping Lady's-sorrel

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis corniculata FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-004:
Oxalis corniculata FAMILY Oxalidaceae

1001

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Gardens, fields, disturbed areas, sometimes more natural areas including pinelands, dunes, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: New World tropics & subtropics? possibly including the deep South

Common in NC Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow (without red lines)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths

Flowers 1 or 2–3(6) in irregular or umbelliform cymes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

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