Yellow Woodsorrel

Common Name: Yellow woodsorrel

Botanical Name: Oxalis stricta L.

Family: Oxalidaceae

Life Cycle: Annual or perennial (spreads by rhizomes and seeds)

Defining Identification Characteristics:

• Trifoliate, heart-shaped, clover-like leaves

• Small, yellow flowers with five petals

• Upright, cylindrical seed pods

Common habitat:

• Landscape gardens

• Turfgrass

• Container plantings

Noxious Weed List/Legal Status:

Eradicate Control Restricted Specially Regulated Not Listed

Additional Information:

• Oxalis stricta (yellow woodsorrel)

• Common Yellow Wood Sorrel (Oxalis stricta)