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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Other: Blooms intermittently throughout the year; some oxalis will bloom all year if given enough light
Uses: Groundcover
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Toxicity: Other: All plants containing oxalic acid can be toxic to humans if enough is ingested.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Other: bulblets, tubers
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Wood Sorrel
  • Oxalis
  • Wood-Sorrel

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Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-28
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-21
Always lovely in our rain season winters these spread quickly and
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-07-09
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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-02-19
Zone 9b.
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-06-20
Flowers close on cloudy days.
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Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-11-07
Zone 9b. Blooms Nov. through April for us here.
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-03-07
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-01-27
Zone 9b. Summer dormant blooming begins with the winter rains.
Location: Hamilton Square perennial garden Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-03-07
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-11-30
Flowers stay furled in the lower light levels of this overcast no
Location: Maine
Date: Summer 2011
These have been growing @ the base of my daylilies for 5 years no
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2013-06-09
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Location: KALAMA WA
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Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs
Location: Kentucky
Date: 2024-04-16
Location: Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2011-07-23
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Location: Washington

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