Oxalis acetosella

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Oxalis acetosella - Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers

common wood sorrel, cuckoo bread, shamrock

oxalis, sorrel, wood sorrel - any plant or flower of the genus Oxalis

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In recent years, however, Oxalis acetosella had been publicly (in popular books and media) advertised as slightly poisonous, hence its consumption is decreasing.

Emic conceptualization of a 'wild edible plant' in Estonia in the second half of the 20th century

In the most polluted area Calamagrostis canescens (Weber) Roth, Oxalis acetosella L.

Pollution of "Akmenes cementas" vicinity: alkalizing microelements in soil, composition of vegetation species and projection coverage/"Akmenes cemento" aplinkos tarsa. Dirvozemi sarminantys mikroelementai, augalijos rusiu ivairove ir projekcinis padengimas

odorata) plus Convallaria majalis, Linnaea borealis, Epilobium angustifolium, Oxalis acetosella, Primula officinalis, and Trientalis europaea.

Climatic variability, plant phenology, and northern ungulates

Upland species common on geomorphic surfaces of moderate inundation potential included: Thelypteris noveboracensis, Brachyelytrum erectum, Mitchella repens, Oxalis acetosella, Acer rubrum and Fagus grandifolia.

Influence of inundation potential and forest overstory on the ground-layer vegetation of Allegheny Plateau riparian forests

The prevailing flowers and conspicuous small plants of the woods, which I noticed, were: Clintonia borealis, Linnoea, checkerberry (Gaultheria procumbens), Aralia nudicaulis (wild sarsaparilla), great round-leaved orchis, Dalibarda repens, Chiogenes hispidula (creeping snowberry), Oxalis acetosella (common wood-sorrel), Aster acuminatus, Pyrola secunda (one-sided pyrola), Medeola Virginica (Indian cucumber-root), small Circa (enchanter's nightshade), and perhaps Cornus Canadensis (dwarf-cornel).