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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Other: violet
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Fall
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Leaves
Flowers
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Toxicity: Other: All plants containing oxalic acid can be toxic to humans if enough is ingested.
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Needs 2 months cold moist treatment.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Other: bulblets, tubers
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Violet Wood Sorrel
  • Wood-Sorrel
  • Violet woodsorrel
  • Violet wood-sorrel

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Location: Thomasville, GA USA
Date: 2020-05-02
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-06
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 15,  2022
Wood Sorrel #43; RAB page 648, 100-1-3; LHB page 601, "Greek for
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: March 18,  2022
Wood Sorrel #43; RAB page 648, 100-1-3; LHB page 601, "Greek for

By Ilona Loser via Wikimedia Commons
Location: Hiking Trail In Fairfax :-)
Location: Aberdeen, NC
Date: October 13, 2021
Wood Sorrel #43; RAB page 648, 100-1-3; LHB page 601, "Greek for
Location: Orto Botanico di Cagliari - Sardinia
Location: Orto Botanico di Cagliari - Sardinia
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-02-17
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-05
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-01-06
Location: Fairfax, VA | May, 2023

Date: Apr 23, 2011 2:27 PM

near creek

near creek
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-03-11
Location: Northeastern, Texas - near the pond
Date: April, 2011
blooms in spring
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: April, 2011
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2012-04-16 
Clumps of Wood Sorrel sprout in my lawn each spring.
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2015-03-02
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2016-04-07

Date: 2003-04-19
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/

Date: 2003-04-19
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Tennessee
Date: 2003-04-19
Steven J. Baskauf http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-03-29
Location: Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: 2013-03-29
Comments:
  • Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on May 21, 2016 10:52 PM concerning plant:
    Stunningly beautiful color, almost magenta. (Or maybe that's just the ones I've seen.) A native plant that sends leaf and flower stems directly from a tiny, white, loose-scaled bulb.

    In the wild, I think it grows and blooms in spring and early summer, then goes dormant when soil dries out a bit over the summer. But with summer irrigation, it grows through the summer, spreads a great deal, and becomes rather weedy. I've seen this at Gardens of Rice Creek in Fridley, Minnesota.
  • Posted by plantladylin (Sebastian, Florida - Zone 10a) on Sep 23, 2011 8:02 PM concerning plant:
    Violet Wood Sorrel is a herbaceous perennial native to North America. It grows to about 6" tall with grayish green leaves and little violet-pink bell shaped flowers with greenish-white centers and bright yellow anthers. The plant spreads by runners from little bulbs beneath the soil. The flowers attract bees, small butterflies and skippers.

    I spotted this plant growing in a shady spot behind my neighbor's shed when I was at the fence talking to her one day this past spring. We both admired the pretty little blooms and noticed a little butterfly flitting back and forth between flowers.
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