OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Oxalidales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis montana   FAMILY Oxalidaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis montana   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Oxalis montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Oxalis montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)

Oxalis acetosella ssp. montana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-001:

Oxalis acetosella   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Oxalis montana

 

COMMON NAME:
Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel


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image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_oxac3_001_lhd

        

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

Dan Whitten    sdw_mountainwoodsorrel

April    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Petals heavily veined with pink, a yellow spot at the base, notched at tip, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120523_160

May    Graham County    NC

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmomontana_mm2

June    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmomontana_mm4

June    Yancey County    NC

Mount Mitchell

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm0407v_29

July    Mitchell County    NC

The Roan Highlands

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

Tim Spira    tpsomontana9

July        

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm190914_1502

September    Swain County    NC

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmomontana_brp1

Month Unknown        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Oxalis montana, Mountain Wood-sorrel, American Wood-sorrel, Wood Shamrock, White Wood-sorrel

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmomontana_brp9

Month Unknown        NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Leaves all basal and long-stalked, each blade with heart-shaped leaflets, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Oxalis montana   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Oxalis montana   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Oxalis montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Oxalis montana

SYNONYMOUS WITH Oxalidaceae in the southeastern United States (Robertson, 1975)
Oxalis acetosella ssp. montana

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 100-01-001:
Oxalis acetosella   FAMILY Oxalidaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Oxalis montana

 

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1005

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: spruce-fir forests, northern hardwood forests, restricted to high elevations southwards, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Uncommon in NC Mountains, rare in GA Mountains

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LEAVES:
Ternately compound: 3 leaflets
Basal

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White (with pink veins)
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals
5 petals
10 stamens, of 2 lengths

Flowers solitary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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