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Photographer: Derek Anderson
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Family Oxalidaceae
Oxalis violacea L.
violet wood-sorrel
Oxalis: from the Greek oxus for "sour," referring to the pleasantly sour taste of the leaves and stem
violacea: violet
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-6" tall forb |
| Flower: | pink to violet veined with purple, 5-parted, 3/4"-1 1/4" wide, held much above the leaves; inflorescence with more than 1 flower per stem in an umbel-like cluster; blooms April-June |
| Leaf: | 3-parted, alternate; hairless |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, prairies |
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