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Common name

English: Creeping Woodsorrel

German: Gehörnter Sauerklee

Mandarin: 酢浆草 (cu jiang cao)

Portuguese: Erva-azeda-de-folha-pequena, Erva-canária

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Geraniales (35)

        Family: Oxalidaceae (7)(family description)

          Genus: Oxalis (7)

            Epithet: corniculata L. (1)

Synonym: Acetosella bakeriana Kuntze

corniculata => horned, bearing small horns, having horn-like fruit

Characteristics

Climate: temperate, sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

External links

Check for Oxalis corniculata at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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