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Common Yellow Wood-sorrel - Oxalis stricta

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Status Under Review
Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SU
(see State Rank Reason below)

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State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Collected from Carter, Toole and Fallon Counties (Invaders Database, http://invader.dbs.umt.edu/). Origin in Montana uncertain. More information needed to determine the status of the species in the state.
 
General Description
Rhizomatous. Stems ascending to erect, 10–50 cm, villous with contorted, purple-septate hairs. Leaflets glabrate, 1–2 cm long; stipules absent. Flowers: sepals 3–5 mm long; petals 4–9 mm long. Capsule 5–15 mm long, villous with septate hairs; seed ridges obscurely white (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Range Comments
Most of temperate North America; collected in Missoula County (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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Citation for data on this website:
Common Yellow Wood-sorrel — Oxalis stricta.  Montana Field Guide.  .  Retrieved on , from