Oxalis (genus)

Wood Sorrel at Yarralumla, ACT

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Identification history

Oxalis (genus) 3 Feb 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Oxalis (genus) 2 Feb 2019 BettyDonWood
Oxalis corniculata 2 Feb 2019 ruthkerruish

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BettyDonWood wrote:
   3 Feb 2019
Could be. Yellow flowered oxalis are difficult to identify in the hand, and almost impossible from a photo. You need to look at whether the stems are rooting at the leaf nodes, the stipules (outgrowths at the bases of the leaf stalks), and the direction the hairs on the stem grow, for starters.

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Additional information

  • True In flower
  • Less than 10cm Plant height

Species information

  • Oxalis (genus) Scientific name
  • Wood Sorrel Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1575.03m Recorded at altitude
  • In flower

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