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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
  • Narrow Finger-Leaved Cape Wood-Sorrel
  • Yellow Wood Sorrel

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Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2018-01-14
Thriving.
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2017-11-17
Increasing well since planting last year and bloomed while I wasn
Location: Hamilton Square Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2017-12-27
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Date: 2017-10-10
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-01-30
Zone 9b. Transplanting from pot into well draining soil with earl

O. flava var. pectinaria. Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs

Photo courtesy of Telos Rare Bulbs
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HamiltonSquare On January 28, 2016 Obtained plant
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