Native Sorrel: Bud

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Wood Sorrels (Oxalidales)

Family:

Sorrel (Oxalidaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Native Sorrel (Oxalis perennans)

This Photo:

Bud

Other names:

Grassland Wood-sorrel, Native Oxalis or Tall-fruit Oxalis

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills, the Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and elsewhere
It is very similar to it's cousin the Soursob (Oxalis pes-caprae).
However, it is smaller, has a creeping habit and does not have bulbs.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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