Oxalis acetosella L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Oxalidaceae

• Scientific Name

  Oxalis acetosella L.

• Description

  Species Description - Perennial from a slender scaly rhizome; lvs few, all basal, long-petioled; lfls sparsely pilose; peduncles 1-fld, 6–15 cm, slightly surpassing the lvs, 2-bracteate above the middle; pet mostly white, veined with pink, 10–15 mm, shallowly retuse at the oblique tip; cleistogamous fls produced late in the season on short recurved peduncles; 2n=22. Rich moist woods (especially spruce-fir); e. Que. to N.Y., Mich., Wis., and Sask., s. in the mts. to N.C. and Tenn.; widely distributed in Eurasia. (O. montana, the Amer. phase)

• Common Names

  northern wood-sorrel