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Oxalis corniculata L.

Common Name: CREEPING WOOD-SORREL
Coefficient of Conservatism: *
Coefficient of Wetness: 3
Wetness Index: FACU
Physiognomy: Ad P-Forb

Native in southern Europe, but spread as a weed elsewhere. Apparently scarce in Michigan, unlike O. dillenii and O. stricta, but local in lawns and gardens (also in greenhouses). First collected in 1892 in Gratiot and Ingham Cos.

B. S. Walters

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Counties
Baraga
Berrien
Clinton
Gratiot
Ingham
Lenawee
Ottawa
St. Clair
Washtenaw
Wayne

Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 15, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/1878