#Oxalis

[huariqueje]

Oxalis study - Jeremy Miranda

American, b. 1980 -

Acrylic on panel

[seabeck]

Lucky

[thekeymonster]

Purple Oxalis-Tailed Cat ☘️

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You can find this design on The Washi Station as a sun catcher!

I’m on Patreon and I have an Etsy Shop.

[wild-e-eep]

Little canyons forming in a forestry fire break.

[nuheyenuh]

Russula californiensis Among Oxalis oregana

pronto plate lithograph, 2019

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Thursday 10 October 2024

In woodland Oxalis acetosella (wood sorrel, alleluia) forms distinctive clumps, often growing from the moss on fallen logs. The delicate white flowers bloom around Eastertime and give rise to the common name of 'alleluia'.

Jill Raggett

[autistic-pebbles-au]

Hi moon! What are your thoughts on the plant Oxalis palmifrons? I think it looks rather lovely

[ The pattern looks lovely indeed ]

[lazyevaluationranch]

23/03 Creeping woodsorrel in the dome. Pretty much every greenhouse has it. We thought we'd been lucky so far - we received a plant with a woodsorrel stowaway and immediately fed the woodsorrel to the chickens, but alas, here it is, springing up from the ground itself.

Reasons every greenhouse gets creeping woodsorrel eventually, and can't eliminate it:

Batteries: If you leave any tiny root splinter in the ground, it holds enough energy to regrow the whole plant. (An unknown species of woodsorrel was domesticated into the root crop oca, granting that energy to humans. I'm sure this is fine).

Detonators: The seed pods build up water pressure in their tissues and actually explode, ejecting seeds in ballistic arcs around your greenhouse. So it sprouts very far away from wherever you last saw it.

Wires: creeping woodsorrel accumulates copper in its stems, which run for long distances along the ground and sprout roots wherever they touch down. Historically, picking woodsorrel and grinding it up has been a practical way to locate underground copper deposits.

I don't know what kind of Ineffable Device the creeping woodsorrel infesting every greenhouse in the world is intent on forming, but our dome is part of it now.

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Oxalis sp.

We received this Oxalis without a name, but it is summer-dormant, and we suspect it is one of the many species native to the winter-rainfall region in western South Africa. Its tufts of leaves with hairy tips give it a unique texture, providing a nice foil for the bright yellow flowers.

-Brian

[eunnuiphyte]

ID: Oxalis debilis var corymbosa 🍀

[huariqueje]

Potted Oxalis with Mannequin Hand - Judith Lamb

American, b. 1950s -

Oil on board, 18 x 24 in.

[uxbridge]

More spring wildflowers, and a morel

[phytophiliac]

Oxalis palmifrons is native to South Africa's Northern and Western Cape provinces.

[wild-e-eep]

A little patch of wood sorrel catching the light on a mossy cliff face. ❤

[los-plantalones]

Unexpected surprise at the strawberry patch: a lot of juicy yellow wood sorrel growing between rows of berry plants! These are a match made in heaven TBH

Some of you may recognize this as sourgrass, pickle plant (you can see the fruits that look like tiny pickles in the above photo!), or its true name – oxalis. As the nicknames suggest, this plant is sour AND it is edible. You can eat every part of the plant that’s growing aboveground, even the stems. The sourness comes from oxalic acid, which is also what gives foods like rhubarb and raspberries their tanginess.

To me, the taste is a combo of citrus, rhubarb, and a juicy sour apple. You can use oxalis to make lemonade, simple syrup, savory dressings and sauces, or anywhere you want to substitute something wild for citrus

I’m attempting to make strawberry + oxalis tart bars with these. Will report back with THAT 🍓☘️