Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua,
Nodding Wood-sorrel,
Hebrew: חמציץ נטוי, Arabic: حمصيص

Scientific name:		Oxalis pes-caprae L.
Synonym name:		Oxalis cernua Thunb.
Common name:		Nodding Wood-sorrel
Hebrew name:		חמציץ נטוי
Arabic name:		حمصيص
Plant Family:		Oxalidaceae, חמציציים

Life form:		Geophyte
Stems:		Sparsely pubescent
Leaves:		Alternate, rosette, compound, trifoliate
Inflorescence:		Umbellate cymes
Flowers:		Infundibuliform (shaped like a funnel); yellow petals 20-25 mm
Fruits / pods:		Capsule
Flowering Period:		January, February, March, December
Habitat:		Disturbed habitats
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands
Chorotype:		Plurireginalbor-trop
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

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. pescaprae, pes, foot; capra, goat; foot of the goat, alluding to the shape of the leaflet. The Hebrew name: חמציץ, hamzitz, coined from חמץ (with reduplication of the צ) on the analogy of the name Oxalis, which derives from Latin oxalis (= a sort of sorrel). The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy. The standard author abbreviation Thunb. is used to indicate Carl Peter Thunberg (1743 – 1828), a Swedish naturalist.