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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 (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)

      Order: Geraniales (35)

        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

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