Oxalis stricta

Yellow Wood-sorrel, Common Yellow Wood-sorrel

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Family: Oxalidaceae (Wood-sorrel family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - October

Yellow Wood-sorrel is an upright perennial with alternate, 3-part leaves. Both its peduncles and pedicels are hairy. Its yellow flowers do not have red markings near their centers.

8 June 2014 Shenandoah National Park, VA (note hairy flower stalks)

8 June 2014 Shenandoah National Park, VA

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