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Dillen's Wood-sorrel - Oxalis dillenii

Likely Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR
C-value: 2


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General Description
Stems ascending, 3–20 cm. Herbage strigose to villous with non-septate, long-pointed hairs. Leaflets 5–12 mm long; stipules 0.5–3 mm long. Flowers: sepals 3–5 mm long; petals yellow, 6–8 mm long. Capsule 1–2 cm long, pubescent with retrorse hairs; seed ridges white (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Diagnostic Characteristics
Montana has 3 Oxalis species.

Dillen's Wood-sorrel - Oxalis dillenii, likely native
*Habit: A tall, erect forb with short, simple rhizomes. Stems do not root at the leaf nodes.
*Hairs: Long pointed (strigose to villous) but without cross-walls; hairs not septate.
*Capsules: Covered with stiff, straight, sharp, and appressed hairs (strigose).

Creeping Wood-sorrel - Oxalis corniculata, exotic
*Habit: A tall, erect forb with short, simple rhizomes. Stems root at the leaf nodes.
*Hairs: Sparsely strigose to strigose-villous to villous, but without cross-walls; hairs not septate.
*Capsules: Sparsely covered with long, stiff (hirsute) hairs.

Common Yellow Wood-sorrel - Oxalis stricta, likely exotic
*Habit: A tall, erect forb with short, simple rhizomes. Stems do not root at the leaf nodes.
*Hairs: Multi-cellular with purple cross-walls (septate).
*Capsules: Sparsely covered with long, stiff (hirsute) hairs.

Range Comments
Most of temperate North America (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 3

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Habitat
Lawns, gardens, fields, streambanks; plains, valleys (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus pensylvanicus (Colla and Dumesh 2010).

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References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Colla, S.R. and S. Dumesh. 2010. The bumble bees of southern Ontario: notes on natural history and distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario 141:39-68.
    • Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds. 2016. Flora of North America north of Mexico, Vol. 12. Magnoliophyta: Vitaceae to Garryaceae. Oxford University Press, Inc. New York.
    • Hitchcock, C.L. and A. Cronquist. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest: An Illustrated Manual. Second Edition. Giblin, D.E., B.S. Legler, P.F. Zika, and R.G. Olmstead (eds). Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press in Association with Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. 882 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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