Patagonia Wildflowers
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creeping woodsorrel
Oxalis corniculata
Oxalis corniculata
creeping woodsorrel Oxalis Family
Oxalis corniculata Oxalidaceae
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English common names
  •creeping woodsorrel
  •yellow oxalis
  •yellow wood sorrel
  •creeping oxalis
Spanish common name
  •acedera
accepted scientific name
  •Oxalis corniculata L.
rules for finding collection records
  Oxalis corniculata (381)
  excludeOxalis corniculata albicans
  excludeOxalis corniculata pilosa
  excludeOxalis corniculata wrightii
family name
  • Oxalidaceae
Image Author: ©2003-2014 John Hilty, Illinois Wildflowers
Image License: Author's permission
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Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Flower size is about 0.25 inches
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed All Year

How Likely at this Location (34%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
base map where plant found
mag select

Forest
Disturbed
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
Grassland
Native Plant Status
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native Not Native native Not Present