Oxalis grandis

Oxalis grandis, commonly known as great yellow woodsorrel or large yellow wood sorrel,[3] is an annual plant and herb in the woodsorrel family. It is native to the eastern United States from Georgia north to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, west as far as Louisiana.[1][4] It blooms from May to June with yellow flowers[5] and grows in sandy woods or alluvial soils.[6]

Oxalis grandis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. grandis
Binomial name
Oxalis grandis
Synonyms[2]
  • Oxalis recurva Trel. 1888, illegitimate homonym not Elliott 1821
  • Xanthoxalis grandis (Small) Small

References
  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Oxalis grandis". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved September 8, 2013.
  2. Tropicos, Oxalis grandis Small
  3. "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
  4. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  5. Justice, William S.; Bell, C. Ritchie; Lindsey, Anne H. (2005). Wild Flowers of North Carolina (2. printing. ed.). Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press. p. 134. ISBN 0807855979.
  6. "Oxalis grandis Great Yellow Woodsorrel PFAF Plant Database". pfaf.org. Retrieved 2021-11-26.


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