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Photographer: from USDA Plants website
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Family Oxalidaceae
Oxalis dillenii Jacq.
Dillenius' oxalis, southern yellow wood-sorrel
Oxalis: from the Greek oxus for "sour," referring to the pleasantly sour taste of the leaves and stem
dillenii: Named for Johann Jacob Dillen (Latinized to Dillenius), 18th century German botanist and physician
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect to drooping, perennial, up to 16" tall forb, hairy, not creeping, weedy |
| Flower: | yellow, 5-parted, 1/3"-3/4" wide; inflorescence an umbel-like, un-branched cluster of stalked flowers from the leaf axils |
| Fruit: | grayish, 1/2"-1" capsule on a spreading or slightly bent stalk; seeds brownish with white ridges |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, alternate |
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