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Wood-sorrel

Oxalis sp.

Photo by LuisStevens
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Field Notes

Description:

Wood-sorrel. Small flowering plant about 15 cm tall. There were many of them now that the rains have come.

Habitat:

Desert.

Reference Links:

Oxalis, http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Oxalis/Oxalis_leaves_Key_RV.jpg

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Leuba Ridgway
An interesting link showing the various Oxalis leaf shapes http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/Oxalis/Oxalis_leaves_Key_RV.jpg Yours could be Oxalis flava ?
Leuba Ridgway
The flowers look so much like wood sorrel, don't they ? nice one, Luis.

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PublishedJuly 14, 2014

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