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Description:

Flowers found on Cabrillo Monument in Point Loma, California.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Bermuda buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae Oxalis pes-caprae


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6 Comments

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 10 years ago

Apparently more than one Oxalis has that property; the redwood sorrel is also called "sourgrass" for the same reason. Funny that an Oxalis is called buttercup. Common names are so random.

aross800
aross800 10 years ago

I know it's not the scientific name but I call that sour grass. It comes in every year about this time. You can eat the whole stem and flower and it has a crazy sour taste like sour candies.

shebebusynow
shebebusynow 12 years ago

Not mustard, I don't think.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

BTW that Part of San Diego where the Cabrillo monument is ,is quite awesome!!
Though i found San Diego as a whole very pretty.

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 12 years ago

Animallover could this be mustard? We have a lot of these on Mt Diablo in San Franscisco.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

You have 2 different plants for this spotting. You can split them into 2 separate spottings to make them easier to ID.

Animallover
Spotted by
Animallover

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jun 19, 2011
Submitted on Jun 19, 2011

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