#Wood-Sorrel

[lindagoesmushrooming]

[faguscarolinensis]

Oxalis crassipes 'Cherry Spritzer' / 'Cherry Spritzer' Pink Wood-Sorrel at the JC Raulston Arboretum at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC

[drhoz]

#2477 - Oxalis sp.

Possibly Oxalis magellanica, which is native to Aotearoa and South America (magellenica as in Straits of Magellan), but while NZ has some native Oxalis species, it has considerably more that aren't. Including Oxalis tuberosa, a staple crop in the Andes and highly popular in New Zealand where they're called yams.

There are some 550 species of Oxalis worldwide, most of them in tropical Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa. The common name wood sorrels refers to their acidic taste (from Oxalic acid) reminiscent of the true sorrel (Rumex acetosa), which is not closely related. Other common names include as false shamrocks, and sourgrasses.

Hāwera, Taranaki, New Zealand

[gentlebliss]

カタバミは可愛いと完全〜＊2024/7/9

[michaelnordeman]

Wood sorrel/harsyra. Ålsjön nature reserve. Hälsingland, Sweden (May 18, 2024).

[applecabin]

lucky plants

[firstlawcedarprairie]

Violet wood-sorrel

[vandaliatraveler]

Finally, a gorgeous spring day for a long hike in the mountains! Blake and I did the 7+ mile round trip hike on the Rohrbaugh Trail to Red Creek Canyon in the Dolly Sods Wilderness. This is a fabulous hike through old spruce forest leading to a rocky promontory overlooking the Red Creek drainage. Other than in the fall, you get the overlook mostly to yourself (true solitude is a rare thing in the Mid-Atlantic, with over a third of the nation's population crammed into the Eastern Seaboard). Yesterday, we shared the vista with a group of day-hikers from Pennsylvania, including one young acrobat who was doing backflips at the edge of the overlook (photo #7). Bat-shit crazy but ballsy. He also retrieved someone's lost sunglasses from a sketchy crevice.

Rohrbaugh Trail can be a tough hike due to muddy troughs that have formed in poor drainage areas. So if you decide to try it out - and it's absolutely worth the slog - wear a pair of good, water-proof hiking boots. This is wilderness, after all.

[branchflowerphoto]

honey bee in the wood sorrel

[visarray]

He’s finnnnnnne

hanahaki JUMPSCARE.

[tvlipsandbread]

It’s blooming it’s blooming it’s blooming🤭

[morethansalad]

Oat Flatbread with Roasted Radishes & Cashew Nettle Pesto (Vegan & Gluten-Free)

[uxbridge]

More spring wildflowers, and a morel

[gentlebliss]

Gif from my footage.

[michaelnordeman]

Wood anemone/vitsippa and Wood sorrel/harsyra. Värmland, Sweden (May 11, 2024).

[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 🍓☘️