Oxalis stricta L.

Yellow Wood-sorrel

Description:

·        Small plant (40 cm) with greenish purple stems

·        Clover looking leaves are arranged in whorls

·        2-7 yellow flowers with five petals are arranged on solitary pedicels

Habitat:

·        Roadsides

·        Thickets

·        Waste grounds

·        Fields

·        Near houses

Distribution:

·        Scattered throughout forested areas and cow pasture