''Oxalis priceae'', the tufted yellow woodsorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family. It is native primarily to southeastern North America, with a disjunct population being known from montane areas of

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

, Mexico. This species is found in dry, rocky,

calcareous Calcareous () is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines. In zoology ''Calcareous'' is used as an adje ...

areas such as

cedar glades A calcareous glade is a type of ecological community (ecology), community that is found in the central Eastern United States. Calcareous glade (geography), glades occur where bedrock such as limestone occurs near or at the surface, and have very ...

and cliff faces, but it is occasionally found in oak-pine

woodland A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (see ...

s and

longleaf pine The longleaf pine (''Pinus palustris'') is a pine species native to the Southeastern United States, found along the coastal plain from East Texas to southern Virginia, extending into northern and central Florida. In this area it is also known as ...

savanna as well. ''Oxalis priceae'' is a highly

rhizomatous In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...

perennial herb that flowers in the spring. It is distinguished from other ''Oxalis'' by its combination of large, strongly red-lines petals, densely villous stems, and rhizomatous habit."Again: Taxonomy Of Yellow-Flowered Caulescent ''Oxalis'' (Oxalidaceae) In Eastern North America"
''J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas'' 3(2): 727–738. 2009 Two closely related species, '' Oxalis texana'' and '' Oxalis florida'', were once considered varieties of this species.

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