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Woodsorrels
Woodsorrels
Oxalis
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual or Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate woodland
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds And Bulbs
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Woodsorrels are a genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family, Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. They grow in tropical Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Oxalidales
Family
Oxalidaceae
Genus
Oxalis