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Oxalis corniculata (Creeping Wood Sorrel) |
Oxalis corniculata (OXALIDACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Oxalis corniculataL.
Published in Sp. Pl. : 435 (1753) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Oxalidaceae
R. Br. (The WoodSorrel Family)
4 species from the Oxalidaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Creeping Wood Sorrel, Yellow Wood Sorrel, Yellow Oxalis |
Maltese name(s) : |
Ingliża żgħira |
Status for Malta : |
Naturalised Alien. Species that was introduced in Malta after year 1492 (Columbus' discovery of the New World)
and spreads and integrates to form established, non-invasive populations.
Species may become become invasive if it widespreads rapidly. |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: HEMICRYPTOPHYTE ( prostate plants with flowers close to the ground )
Germination [info]: Monocotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Not legally protected till the last update of this website (2/Mar/2022) |
Red List (1989) : |
Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands |
Flowering Time : |
March – November |
Colour of Flowers: |
Yellow |
Toxicity: |
Not particularly toxic |
Name Derivation : |
Oxalis: sour, acidic, or acrid-tasting, referring to the sour taste of the sap due to the high level of Oxalic acid that is present in most species, especially in the stems, leaves and roots. (Greek origin )
corniculata:
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Planting in rural areas : |
Cannot be planted in the wild (rural areas) since the species may be invasive (see ERA guidelines) |
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Dry open habitats, especially cultivated ground. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Botanical Description: |
Creeping, pubescent perennial, but flowering soon after germination. Stems up to 50 cm, procumbent, rooting at the nodes. Leaves alternate; petioles 2-8 cm, with small auriculate stipules; leaflets 5-18 x 8-23 mm, obcordate, deeply emarginate. Inflorescence umbellate, of 1-7 flowers; fruiting pedicels deflexed. Sepals lanceolate; petals 4-7 mm, yellow. Capsule 10-25 mm, cylindrical, hoary. Seeds transversely ridged, brown. | |
Chromosome number: |
2n=24 | |
Distributional range: |
S. Europe, extending locally northwards to N. France, Hungary and C. Ukraine often naturalized or casual further north. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Bulgaria, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Switzerland, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Hungary, Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Russia and former USSR, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in Austria and Liechtenstein, Belgium, Britain (excl. Northern Ireland and Channel islands), Czeck Republic and Slovakia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Ab(A N) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Az BH Bl(I M N) Bu Ca dCa(C F G H L P T) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Eg Ga(F) Ge Gg Gr Hs(S) Ir It Jo Le Li Lu Ma Md Mk dRf(K) Sa Si(M S) Sl Sn Sr Sy Tn Tu(A E) [Au nAu(A L) nAz(C F G J L M P S T) Be(B L) Bl(I M N) nBr Cs Es Fe nGa(C) Ga(F) Gg(A D G) nHb Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(A S) Hu aIs nIt La Lt Lu Md(D M P) No Po Rf(C NW) aRm nSa Sg Sk Sr Su Uk(K U)] |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
