Vascular Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Oxalidaceae
(Woodsorrel Family)


The Oxalidaceae have flower parts in fives and leaves that look like clover-- palmately lobed with each lobe cleft in two. They are small herbs.

Oxalis corniculata (Yellow Woodsorrel)
Oxalis decaphylla (Tenleaf Woodsorrel)
Oxalis metcalfei (Alpine Woodsorrel)


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