Oxalis corniculata, Yellow woodsorrel,
חמציץ קטן , فصيلة ابرة الراعي
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| | Scientific name: |
| Oxalis corniculata L. |
| Common name: |
| Yellow woodsorrel |
| Hebrew name: |
| חמציץ קטן |
| Arabic name: |
| فصيلة ابرة الراعي |
| Family: |
| Oxalidaceae, חמציציים |
Date Picture Taken: February 22, 2008
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| | Life form: |
| Annual |
| Leaves: |
| Alternate, compound, trifoliate |
| Flowers: |
| Yellow |
| Flowering Period: |
| March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October |
| Habitat: |
| Cultivated areas |
| Distribution: |
| Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon |
| Chorotype: |
| Plurireginalbor-trop |
| Summer shedding: |
| Ephemeral |
Date Picture Taken: April 15, 2006
Derivation of the botanical name:
Oxalis, Greek oxys, acid, sour, sharp; referring to the taste of the leaves and the stem; Pliny used Latin oxalis, idis, for some species of Rumex.
corniculata, with a small hornlike appendage, curved in de form of a horn.
- The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.
Date Picture Taken: October 24, 2008
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