Oxalidaceae
Slender yellow woodsorrel
Oxalis dillenii
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Genus
- Oxalis
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Common names
By language (10)
- Arabic
- أقصليس ديليني, أقصليس أصفر
- Czech
- Šťavel prérijní
- Dutch
- Knobbelklaverzuring
- English
- Slender yellow woodsorrel
- Finnish
- Nurmikäenkaali
- German
- Dillenius-Sauerklee
- Hungarian
- Parlagi madársóska
- Slovenian
- Dillenijeva zajčja deteljica
- Swedish
- Prärieoxalis
- Welsh
- Suran felen Sussex
Synonyms
- Oxalis arborea Anon.
- Oxalis boreaui P.Fourn.
- Oxalis corniculata f. diffusa (Boreau) Fiori
- Oxalis corniculata prol. diffusa (Boreau) Rouy
- Oxalis corniculata var. dillenii (Jacq.) Trel.
- Oxalis corniculata var. lyonii (Pursh) Zucc.
- Oxalis diffusa Boreau
- Oxalis dillenii var. radicans Shinners
- Oxalis florida subsp. prostrata (Haw.) Lourteig
- Oxalis lyonii Pursh
- Oxalis prostrata Haw.
- Oxalis recurva var. floridana Wiegand
- Oxalis sanguinolaria Raf.
- Xanthoxalis dillenii (Jacq.) Holub
- Xanthoxalis lyonii (Pursh) Holub
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jonathan Layman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daughter Dad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: abbamouse on flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: abbamouse on flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: abbamouse on flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: abbamouse on flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Melissa McMasters on flickr, CC BY 2.0, 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.