Common name
English: Creeping Woodsorrel
German: Hornfrüchtiger Sauerklee
Mandarin: 黄花酢浆草 (huang hua cu jiang cao)
Portuguese: Amendoim-bravo, Azedinha-amarela, Trevo-azedo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Geraniales (37)
Family: Oxalidaceae (7)(family description)
Genus: Oxalis (7)
Epithet: pes-caprae L. (3)
Synonyms: Bolboxalis cernua (Thunb.) Small, Bolboxalis cernua (Thunb.) Small, Oxalis cernua Thunb., Oxalis cernua Thunb.
cernua => drooping, nodding
pes-caprae => goat foot, form of leaf
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Oxalis pes-caprae at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [616] Oxalis pes-caprae - Plants For A Future database
- [1193] Oxalis - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
- [1343] Oxalis pes-caprae - Flora of China @ efloras.org
Literature
- [38] Burnie, D. (2007): Mediterrane Wildpflanzen. Naturbibliothek, Dorling Kindersley Verlag, München, Germany.