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Shamrock, Sorrel

Oxalis(oxalidaceae)

Description:

Bright yellow, 5 petaled flowers sit atop a long, thin stalk that protrudes from a low-growing, fluffy mound of 3-4 leaf clovers.

Habitat:

Partial sun/shade mixed with other natives. Seeks out moisture, sometimes around or at base of other plants that are being watered. Very invasive.

Notes:

That was fun trying to describe in a semi scientific way.

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4 Comments

lori.tas
lori.tas 13 years ago

Here's an Australian wood sorrel I posted recently; http://new.noahs-app.appspot.com/spottin.... Although you cant's see them very well, it has purple hued clover-shaped leafs.

RhiannonFilley
RhiannonFilley 13 years ago

That's why I love this app !! Thanks I'm looking it up right now.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 13 years ago

It is not clover.

lori.tas
lori.tas 13 years ago

I'm pretty sure that's a type of wood sorrel (oxalis): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_sorrel...

RhiannonFilley
Spotted by
RhiannonFilley

Fort Bragg, California, USA

Spotted on Feb 10, 2011
Submitted on Mar 10, 2011

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