NameThatPlant.net: Oxalis violacea

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis violacea FAMILY Oxalidaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Violet Wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis violacea FAMILY Oxalidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-003:

Oxalis violacea FAMILY Oxalidaceae

COMMON NAME:
Violet Wood-sorrel

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis violacea FAMILY Oxalidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis violacea FAMILY Oxalidaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-003:
Oxalis violacea FAMILY Oxalidaceae

2203

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rose-lavender
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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