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
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Read more about Mountain Wood-sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Closely related to the Eurasian O. acetosella, and sometimes treated as a geographic subspecies or phase of it, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
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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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).
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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