Oxalidaceae
Radishroot woodsorrel
Oxalis albicans
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Genus
- Oxalis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 萝卜根酢浆草
- English
- Radishroot woodsorrel
Synonyms
- Acetosella albicans (Kunth) Kuntze
- Acetosella albicans var. autumnalis Kuntze
- Acetosella wrightii (A.Gray) Kuntze
- Oxalis californica var. subglabra Wiegand
- Oxalis corniculata subsp. albicans (Kunth) Lourteig
- Oxalis corniculata var. wrightii (A.Gray) B.L.Turner
- Oxalis marginata Willd. ex Zucc.
- Oxalis pilosa var. wrightii (A.Gray) Wiegand
- Oxalis wrightii A.Gray
- Oxalis wrightii var. subpilosa Wiegand
- Xanthoxalis albicans (Kunth) Small
- Xanthoxalis wrightii (A.Gray) Abrams
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Folini assumed, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.