Oxalis perennans
Yellow Wood-sorrel
Erect or creeping green perennial herb. Taproot stout, also rooting at nodes.
Additional information
- FamilyOxalidaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizestems to 30 cm long
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesLeaves along flowering stems, divided into 3 wedge-shaped leaflets 2-15 mm long, downy below or hairy midrib, notched to 2/3 length, lobes 2-12 mm apart, stalks 1-4 cm
- Flower colourYellow
- Flowering timeAll year
- Flowers1-6 flowers in leaf axils on erect stalks to 90 mm long. Fruit capsules long and narrow, cylindrical, 8-30 mm x 2.5-5 mm.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsWidespread in heavy soils through most plant communities. Full sun, semi to dappled shade.
- Garden useA creeping species that is fine planted in bushland gardens but may become weedy in ornamental gardens.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusWidespread within the Shire
- Aboriginal Use Food - tubers
- Related speciesDistinguish from Oxalis exilis by larger flowers, leaves and capsules. Local form has broader lobes with shallower notches. O. exilis has a poorly developed taproot and is seldom erect. Rounded tips of leaflet lobes are closer together. Both similar.
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Photographer/s: 1-3 Marilyn Bull ©; 4 Swee Oon ©
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