Creeping Yellow Woodsorrel, Creeping Woodsorrel

Oxalis corniculata L.

Oxalidaceae (Woodsorrel Family)

seedling▲

▲▼ mature plants, showing stolons

·         creeping woodsorrel:  (not in Weeds of the Midwest; mentioned on p. 266-267 in Weeds of the Northeast)

o   similar to gray-green and yellow woodsorrel

o   may be a perennial in warm areas

o   has more reddish leaves

o   roots at nodes & produces stolons, not rhizomes

o   common as a greenhouse pest