{"id":1590,"date":"2010-02-23T11:02:51","date_gmt":"2010-02-23T16:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/?page_id=1590"},"modified":"2019-01-30T19:07:12","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T19:07:12","slug":"yellow-wood-sorrel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/grower-services\/weeds\/yellow-wood-sorrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow Wood Sorrel \/ Sour Grass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-Sorrel1-perennial.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1596\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-Sorrel1-perennial-234x300.gif\" alt=\"A flowering Yellow wood sorrel plant with a U.S. postage stamp for scale purposes.\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-Sorrel1-perennial-234x300.gif 234w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-Sorrel1-perennial-105x135.gif 105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,234px\" \/><\/a>Family:<\/strong> Oxalidaceae (Wood Sorrel Family)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genus: <\/strong><em>Oxalis<\/em> | <strong>Species: <\/strong><em>europaea<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Description:<\/strong> Low-spreading plant with clover-like, sour-tasting leaves and one to several small (1\/2&#8243;) yellow flowers possessing 5 petals. The leaves are quite characteristic in that they are palmately divided into three heart-shaped leaflets that close at dusk and open in the morning. Each leaflet is 1\/2-3\/4&#8243; wide. The plants can reach heights of 6-15 inches. (The leaves may be used in salads, but sparingly due to the oxalic acid content.) <strong>[perennial]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat: <\/strong>Waste places, roadsides, fields;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Bloom: <\/strong>May &#8211; October<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-sorrell2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1597\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-sorrell2-300x213.gif\" alt=\"Flowers and leaves of a yellow wood sorrel plant next to a U.S. postage stamp for scale purposes.\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-sorrell2-300x213.gif 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-sorrell2-105x74.gif 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/cranberries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2010\/02\/Yellow-Wood-sorrell2-317x225.gif 317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family: Oxalidaceae (Wood Sorrel Family) Genus: Oxalis | Species: europaea Description: Low-spreading plant with clover-like, sour-tasting leaves and one to several small (1\/2&#8243;) yellow flowers possessing 5 petals. The leaves are quite characteristic in that they are palmately divided into three heart-shaped leaflets that close at dusk and open in the morning. 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