Interesting Facts
- This flower is related to the smaller, weedy version that grows in yards .
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Great Yellow Wood-Sorrel, Great Yellow Woodsorrel, Large Yellow Wood Sorrell
Description
Genus Oxalis
Mostly bulbous herbs with acidic juice. Aerial
stem reduced, creeping
or rhizomatous
. Leaves digitately compound
, showing sleep movements. Flowers regular. Stamens monadelphous
at the base
; filaments
5 long and 5 short, alternating with one another. Ovary 5 locular
with one or more ovules in each locule. Often heterostylous (in some European species) . Fruit capsular
. Seeds with an elastic testa.
A large genus with about 800 species. Mostly found in North and South America, South Africa and fairly well represented in Europe and Asia.[1]
Physical Description
Habit: Forb/herb
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,500 meters (0 to 8,202 feet).[2]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Plants
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Vascular Plants
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Dicotyledons
- Order:
Geraniales
()
- Family:
Geometroidea
()
- Genus:
Oxalis
()
- L., Sp. Pl. 433. 1753. Gen. Pl. ed. 5. 198. 1754
- Woodsorrel
- Specific epithet:
grandis
- Small
- Botanical name: - Oxalis grandis Small
- Specific epithet:
grandis
- Small
- Genus:
Oxalis
(
- Family:
Geometroidea
(
- Order:
Geraniales
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Oxalis recurva Trel. , Non Ell.
- Xanthoxalis grandis (Small) Small
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oxalis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1921 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
O. abercornensis · O. aberrans · O. abyssinica · O. acetocella · O. acetosella · O. acetosella f. rosea · O. acetosella formosana · O. acetosella leucolepis · O. acetosella montana · O. acetosella oregana · O. acetosella subsp. formosana · O. acetosella subsp. leucolepis · O. acetosella taimonii · O. acetosella var. formosana · O. acetosella var. kantoensis · O. acetosella var. longicapsula · O. acetosella var. oregana · O. acetosella var. purpurascens · O. acetosella var. rosea · O. acetosella var. subpurpurascens · O. acetosella var. violacea · O. acromelaena · O. acuminata · O. acutifolia · O. acutiuscula · O. adenocaulos · O. adenodes · O. adenophylla (Chilean Wood Sorrel) · O. adenophylla 'Brenda Anderson' · O. adenophylla dark · O. adoensis · O. adpressa · O. adscendens · O. adspersa · O. aemula · O. aeschynomenifolia · O. aetheria · O. affinis · O. aganophila · O. aganophylla · O. agassizi · O. alata · O. alata var. hirta · O. alata var. rhombifolia · O. alba · O. albella · O. albicans (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans albicans (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans californica (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans pilosa (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans subsp. californica (California Woodsorrel) · O. albicans subsp. pilosa (Radishroot Woodsorrel) · O. albicans var. sericea · O. albida · O. albiflora · O. albiuscula · O. albizzioides · O. alfalfalis · O. algoensis · O. aliena · O. alpina (Alpine Woodsorrel) · O. alsinoides · O. alstonii · O. alstonii lutzii · O. alta · O. alvimii · O. amamiana · O. amara · O. amara var. glandulosa · O. amara var. grandiflora · O. amara var. monanthos · O. amara var. scabra · O. amazonica · O. ambigua · O. amblyodonta · O. amblyosepala · O. americana · O. americana f. rhodantha · O. amoena · O. amplifolia · O. andicola · O. andicola var. wallichiana · O. andina · O. andrieuxii · O. androsacea · O. anemonoides · O. angulata · O. angusta · O. angustifolia · O. angustifolia angustifolia · O. angustiloba · O. annae · O. anomala · O. anthelmintica · O. anthelmintica var. glabrostyla · O. anthyllidifolia · O. anthyllidifolia var. acuta · O. anthyllidifolia var. obtusa · O. antucensis · O. aphylla
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Further Reading
- A botanical survey of the Sugar Grove region / by Robert F. Griggs. Columbus: Ohio State University, 1914. ENG url p. 317.
- An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1913. ENG url p. 435.
- Botanisches Zentralblatt; referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik. Jena [etc.]G. Fischer [etc.] GER url p. 388, p. 389.
- Catalog of Ohio vascular plants: arranged according to the phyletic classification: with notes on the geographical distribution in the state, based mainly on specimens in the State Herbarium, Botanical Laboratory, the Ohio State Uni by John H. Schaffner Columbus: Ohio State University, 1914. ENG url p. 171.
- Flora of Illinois, containing keys for identification of flowering plants and ferns. Notre Dame, Ind., University of Notre Dame Press, 1963. ENG url p. 100.
- Flora of Indiana, by Charles C. Deam. Indianapolis, Wm. B. Burford printing co., contractor for state printing and binding, 1940. ENG url p. 626, p. 627.
- Flora of Pennsylvania. Edited with the addition of analytical keys by John Kunkel Small. Boston, Ginn and Co., 1903. ENG url p. 194, p. 195.
- Flora of the southeastern United States; being descriptions of the seed-plants, ferns and fern-allies growing naturally in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and in Oklahom by John Kunke New York, The author, 1913. ENG url p. 668.
- Flora of the southern United States: containing an abridged description of the flowering plants and ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida: arranged according to the natural system. Cambridge, Mass., Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., 1897. ENG url p. 65.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 1510, p. 210, p. 410.
- National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- ENG url p. 435.
- Plant life of Alabama: an account of the distribution, modes of association, and adaptations of the flora of Alabama, together with a systematic catalogue of the plants growing in the state / by Charles Mohr. Montgomery, Ala.: Brown Printing Co., 1901. ENG url p. 585, p. 65.
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 67.
- The American botanist: a monthly journal for the plant lover. Binghamton, N.Y.: Willard N. Clute and Co., 1901-1948. ENG url p. 8.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 20, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 33 providers.
- Light, Kris. East Tennessee Wildflowers
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 20, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea
- The New York Botanical Garden, Vascular Plant Type Specimens
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- University of Alabama Biodiversity and Systematics, Herbarium
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2652453
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-29083
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13730380
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:374977-1
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 29083
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 178061-2
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDOXA010F0
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: XAGR
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 51899
Footnotes
- "Oxalis". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 360.600 meters (1,183.071 feet), Standard Deviation = 470.410 based on 7,768 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
