Oxalis Species, Hairy Wood Sorrell, Radishroot Woodsorrel

I have not grown this plant, but have observed it growing in its native habitat.

Radishroot woodsorrel (Oxalis albicans) i...Read Mores also commonly known as hairy wood sorrel, wild oxalis and white oxalis. It is found growing natively in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas as well as northern Mexico. The species name "albicans" refers to the white sheen on the leaflets that occurs due to the presence of fine hairs not due to it having white blooms (has yellow blooms). It grows on brushy and stony slopes, ravines, chaparrals, coastal grasslands, sage scrub areas, canyons and canyon bottoms, mountains, rock faces, cave openings, washes, streambeds, creeks, mesquite bosques and riparian woodlands and in moist soils. It prefers part shade.

It is classified as a small subshrub because its rootstock and taproot are thick and more or less woody unlike many wood sorrels. Its stems are prostrate or trailing and do not root at the nodes. They are hairy or glabrous and up to 40cm long. Each leaflet is up to 1.5 cm. Radishroot woodsorrel flowers from Maerch through early summer. The inflorescence has 1 to 3 flowers with pedicels up to 2 cm long. The lanceolate sepals are up to 6 mm long. The 8 to12 mm petals are yellow. Cylindrically-shaped, the fruit capsules are 6 to18 mm in length.