Wood-sorrels (Oxalis) - CREEPING/COMMON YELLOW/EUROPEAN
Three weeds belong to the Oxalis Family: creeping wood-sorrel, European wood-sorrel and common yellow wood-sorrel.
Scientific Names: Creeping wood-sorrel, Oxalis corniculata L.; Common yellow wood-sorrel, Oxalis dillenii Jacq.; European wood-sorrel, Oxalis stricta L.
Other Names
Creeping | Common yellow | European |
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Family: Legume or Bean Family (Leguminosae)
General Description: All are low-growing perennials.
Habitat: All three are occasional weeds in lawns, gardens and waste areas throughout Ontario.
Seedlings
- Seedling with stem
- Leaves alternate (1 per node)
- Cotyledons are oblong with some fine, short-lived hairs on the margins
Stems
Creeping | Common yellow | European |
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Leaves
Creeping | Common yellow | European |
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Flowers
Creeping | Common yellow | European |
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Often Confused With
Black Medick (They are distinguished from Black medick by their leaflets being heart-shaped, the absence of a distinct stalk for one of the three leaflet, their yellow flowers having 5 uniformly shaped petals, and their long, narrow seedpods containing several seeds)
Buttercups (Wood-sorrels’ growth is less upright and its flowers aren’t as large or showy)