Yellow Wood Sorrel
Scientific Name:Oxalis stricta


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Yellow Wood Sorrel
Genus species: Oxalis stricta
Common Name: Yellow Wood Sorrel
Family Name: Oxalidaceae  
Perennial herbs, containing oxalic acid; leaves alternate or basal, palmately compound and cloverlike, stipules in some; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in cymes or umbels; fruit a cylindric, dehiscent capsule.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Yellow
CNC Habitat: Krippendorf Arboretum
Backyard Habitat
Nature Playscape
Polinator Garden
Herb Wall
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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