Plants : OxalidaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Oxalis acetosella L.

Wood-sorrel

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Oxalis acetosella

Description: Wood-sorrel is one of the characteristic early spring-flowering plants of the woodland floor, along with wood anemone, bluebell and ramsons. It is characteristic of old woodland, native oakwood, demesne plantations and shaded hedgebanks.

All names: Oxalis acetosella L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Oxalis acetosella at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Oxalis acetosella at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Oxalis acetosella. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3175. Accessed on 2026-11-02.