Common name: Yellow Woodsorrel
Latin name: Oxalis stricta L.
Family: Oxalidaceae
Life Cycle: Annual or Weak Perennial
Type: Broadleaf
Description: Annual or weak perennial with stems that can be erect to creeping or mat-forming. Leaves are palmately compound with 3 leaflets. Flowers are 5-merous with yellow petals, while fruits are capsules that may be covered with fine white or gray hairs. Oxalis corniculata L. has creeping stems that can root at the nodes.
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