Oxalis corniculata wrightii
Family: Oxalidaceae
Plant Description: Low perennial with trailing or creeping stems to 15 cm or longer. Leaves 3-foliate, the obcordate leaflets 8-18 mm wide, palmate. Leaves often folded. Flowers peduncled, radial the petals 4-6 mm long, yellow. Roots at the nodes. Fruit capsules hairy, cylindrical about 2 cm long
Plant Trivia: Native to Europe. Seed capsules burst open and throw the seeds some distance from the parent.
Field Identification:
Occurrence: Frequent weed o damp shady places in gardens.
Bloom Period: February-December
Plant Use:
Key to species are found in plant page “Drummond’s Wood Sorrel,” or in Plant of the Texas Coastal Bend by Roy L. Leyman, Ruth O’Brien, and Tammy White.
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