Great yellow woodsorrel

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Oxalis grandis

Great yellow woodsorrel, a reference photo
Photo: iNaturalist.org (jeffreyaewick) (jeffreyaewick) · CC0 (licence)

Oxalis grandis, commonly known as great yellow woodsorrel or large yellow wood sorrel, is an annual plant and herb in the woodsorrel family. It is native to the eastern United States from Georgia north to Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, west as far as Louisiana. It blooms from May to June with yellow flowers and grows in sandy woods or alluvial soils.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Great yellow woodsorrel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

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Classification

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

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