''Oxalis suksdorfii'' is a species of flowering plant in the
woodsorrel family known by the common name western yellow woodsorrel and Suksdorf's woodsorrel. It is native to the western coast of the United States from
Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...
to northern
California
California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...
, where it can be found in open and wooded habitat types. It is a perennial herb growing erect or trailing, sometimes rooting at
stolon
In biology, stolons (from Latin '' stolō'', genitive ''stolōnis'' – "branch"), also known as runners, are horizontal connections between organisms. They may be part of the organism, or of its skeleton; typically, animal stolons are external s ...
s, its stem reaching up to 25 centimeters in length. The leaves are each made up of three leaflets. The
inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...
is a solitary flower or cluster of up to three, each flower with five yellow petals up to 2 centimeters in length.
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentPhoto gallery
suksdorfii
Flora of California
Flora of Oregon
Flora of Washington (state)
Flora without expected TNC conservation status
Taxa named by William Trelease
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