Oxalis sp.

Wood Sorrel at Hall, ACT

Oxalis sp. at Hall, ACT - 3 Nov 2018 08:55 AM
Oxalis sp. at Hall, ACT - 3 Nov 2018 08:55 AM
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Identification history

Oxalis sp. 5 Nov 2018 BettyDonWood
Oxalis sp. 5 Nov 2018 BettyDonWood
Oxalis perennans 5 Nov 2018 AndyRussell

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   6 Nov 2018
Yellow flowered species of Oxalis are pigs to ID, even in the hand. To start with, you need to look at the bases of the leaves for leafy outgrowths (inconspicuous in Oxalis perennans), and look at the root (impossible if you do not have a collecting permit). Then it gets more complicated.
Oxalis perennans seed cases are extremely hairy. The seed cases in your photos appear to be hairless, so I don’t think it is that species.

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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Oxalis sp. Scientific name
  • Wood Sorrel Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1575.03m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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