wood sorrel or common wood sorrel
oxalis acetosella latin

Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel or common wood sorrel) is a plant from the genus Oxalis, common in most of Europe and parts of Asia.

The binomial name is Oxalis acetosella, because of its sour taste.

Some plants with rhizomes, such as common wood sorrel (Oxalis acetosella) do well in this habitat.

It may also be called common woodsorrel, though this name also applies to its close relative, Oxalis acetosella.

Related to the Common Wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella), it is commonly used as an ornamental plant.

Wood-sorrel (Oxalis acetosella)

The Shamrock Quik-Mart, named after the plant of the same name (binomial name Oxalis acetosella), has been a main-stay for the past 22 years.

The constants are Blechnum spicant, Galium saxatile, Oxalis acetosella, Potentilla erecta and Thelypteris limbosperma.

Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel or common wood sorrel) is a plant from the genus Oxalis, common in most of Europe and parts of Asia.

The situation regarding the identity of the shamrock was further confused by a London botanist James Ebenezer Bicheno, who proclaimed in a dissertation in 1830 that the real shamrock was Oxalis acetosella or Wood Sorrel.

In the areas of wood pasture, typical tree species include ash, Fraxinus excelsior, hazel, Corylus avellana, and blackthorn, Prunus spinosa, over an understorey which includes foxglove, Digitalis purpurea, bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta, and wood sorrel, Oxalis acetosella.