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 dillenii   FAMILY Oxalidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis dillenii   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

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

Oxalis dillenii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Oxalis dillenii

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 (MISAPPLIED) Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)

Oxalis stricta

INCLUDING Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)

Oxalis dillenii ssp. dillenii

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-005/006ab:

Oxalis dillenii   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Oxalis florida var. filipes

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Oxalis florida var. florida

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Oxalis stricta

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Oxalis florida

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

Xanthoxalis brittoniae

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

Xanthoxalis filipes

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel


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image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_xabr2_001_lvd

        

image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

Gill Newberry    gn04_oxalis_dillenii

April        

image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm0404y_29

April    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Pedicels in fruit deflexed (to horizontal), per Further Observations on the Oxalis dillenii Group (Oxalidaceae) (Nesom et al., 2014).

image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120408_797

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120408_797b

April    Greenville County    SC

Leaflets 3, obcordate, lobed 1/5-1/3 length, green on both surfaces, per Again: Taxonomy of Yellow-flowered Caulescent Oxalis in eastern North America (Nesom, 2009).

image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120408_826

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm170429_401

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Oxalis dillenii, Southern Yellow Wood-sorrel, Slender Yellow Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm170429_401b

April    Greenville County    SC

Flower petals yellow, without red lines, 5-11mm, per Further Observations on the Oxalis dillenii Group (Oxalidaceae) (Nesom et al., 2014).

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis dillenii   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Oxalis dillenii

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 (MISAPPLIED) Flora of West Virginia (Strausbaugh & Core, 1978)
Oxalis stricta

INCLUDING Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis dillenii ssp. dillenii

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-005/006ab:
Oxalis dillenii   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Oxalis florida var. filipes

INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Oxalis florida var. florida

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Oxalis stricta

INCLUDING Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Oxalis florida

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

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

 

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1002

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, pastures, lawns, a wide variety of other habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Alternate & basal
Petioles 1-4cm long

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

Flowers in umbelliform cymes

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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