Broadleaf Wood-Sorrel

Oxalis latifolia
(or drummondii?)

Broad-leaf Wood-Sorrel, Oxalis latifolia, photo © by Michael Plagens

Alongside a shady path among sycamores and oaks in Florida Canyon, Sta. Rita Mts., Arizona, USA. 30 July 2013.

LEAVES: The leaves are compound with three equally spaced lobes. The leaflets appear notched from the tips. Tart taste due to oxalic acid.

RANGE: In Arizona this plant is restricted to lower canyons and slopes of the Sky Island Mountains in the southeast. Ranges into Mexico, New Mexico and Texas.

PERENNIAL: Above ground portions are without branching stems - leaves are all at ground level.

FLOWERS: Pink or lavender flowers have five petals with five stamens.

FRUIT: An cylinder-shaped capsule that pops open to release seeds.

UNARMED

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More Information:


Arizona Naturalist
Sycamore Canyons
The Flora of Arizona's Sycamore Canyons


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