Woody-root woodsorrel (Oxalis perennans)

Woody-root woodsorrel, a reference photo — Photo: John Tann from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Oxalis perennans, known as native oxalis, native sorrel or grassland wood-sorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the wood sorrel family Oxalidaceae. A small yellow-flowered perennial herb with a stout taproot and three-parted leaves, it is native plant to Australia, where it grows in every state and in the Northern Territory. It is also recorded in New Zealand, where it is regarded as introduced.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Woody-root 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.

Easily confused with

Oxalis rubens
Oxalis exilis
Oxalis pilosa
Oxalis thompsoniae
Oxalis californica

Classification

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

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