Oxalis stricta L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Upright Yellow-sorrel
🇫🇷 Oxalide droit, Oxalis droit, Oxalide d’Europe, Oxalide des fontaines

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Fabids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Subfamily: Oxalidoideae
Genus: Oxalis
Species: Oxalis stricta

Presence

Introduced.

Notes

Possible confusion with O. corniculata L., 1753, which has green or purplish-green leaves with a petiole that is dilated at its base, while O. stricta, has green leaves with a non-dilated petiole.

Possible confusion with O. dillenii Jacq., 1794, which has leaves with a petiole that is dilated at its base and very hairy, gray-looking seed capsules.

Photographs

img/oxalis-stricta.webp — *Oxalis stricta*

img/oxalis-stricta-2.webp — *Oxalis stricta*

img/oxalis-stricta-3.webp — *Oxalis stricta* - Flower close-up

img/oxalis-stricta-4.webp — *Oxalis stricta* - Flower close-up

img/oxalis-stricta-5.webp — *Oxalis stricta* - Stem and petiole close-up

img/oxalis-stricta-6.webp — *Oxalis stricta* - Seed capsule

img/oxalis-stricta-7.webp — *Oxalis stricta* - Seed capsule close-up

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 870). Biotope.