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Creeping Woodsorrel
Creeping Woodsorrel
Oxalis corniculata
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
1-2 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Worldwide
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

A low-growing weed found in gardens and pavement cracks worldwide, with clover-like trifoliate leaves and tiny yellow flowers. Its seed pods explode when ripe, flinging seeds up to several feet away.

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
Species
Oxalis corniculata