Alpine woodsorrel

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Oxalis alpina

Alpine woodsorrel, a reference photo
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Oxalis alpina is a herbaceous perennial plant also known by its common name alpine woodsorrel. It is a species belonging to the genus Oxalis. O. alpina is found in North America and Central America from Guatemala to the southwestern United States.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Alpine 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 alpina

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