NameThatPlant.net: Oxalis debilis

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

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

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INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa FAMILY Oxalidaceae

COMMON NAME:
pink woodsorrel

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis debilis var. corymbosa FAMILY Oxalidaceae

4109

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: South America

Rare

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-purplish
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths

Flowers in umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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