Common names: yellow wood sorrel, fringed oxalis, common yellow oxalis, gray-green wood sorrel

Scientific names: Oxalis dillenii (O. langloisii, Xanthoxalis stricta)

Seasons of significant use: summer

Characteristics: Native, perennial, cool season forb to 10.0 inches. Plants usually growing in tufts or mats; stems ascending or decumbent, leafy, usually with appressed hairs; leaves alternate, compound; leaflets 3; inflorescence 1-several flowered; flowers yellow; fruit is a cylindrical, ridged capsule. Flowers February-November.

Plant community type: Open areas and semi-open wooded areas. Somewhat shade tolerant.

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