NameThatPlant.net: Oxalis articulata

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

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about windowbox wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

COMMON NAME:
Windowbox Wood-sorrel

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

3461

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Roadsides, old gardens, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Common in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & NC (rare in 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
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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