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Oxalis sp.
Saw these Wood-Sorrels on the forest ground hiking on the North Trail going towards the Pygmy Forest in Salt Point State Park, CA.
Forest ground hiking on the North Trail going towards the Pygmy Forest in Salt Point State Park, CA.
Oxalis is by far the largest genus in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae: of the approximately 900 known species in the Oxalidaceae, 800 belong here. The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the polar areas; species diversity is particularly rich in tropical Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. Many of the species are known as wood-sorrels (in American English typically written "woodsorrels" or "wood sorrels") as they have an acidic taste reminiscent of the unrelated sorrel (Rumex acetosa) proper. Some species are called yellow-sorrels or pink-sorrels after the color of their flowers instead. Other species are colloquially known as false shamrocks, and some are rather misleadingly called "sourgrasses". For the genus as a whole, the term oxalises is also used. Wikipedia
Spotted on May 21, 2011
Submitted on Dec 25, 2011
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