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Oxalis corniculata L.
Lady's-sorrel, Common yellow woodsorrel

Copyright by: Beryn Harty
Monroe County, Florida, 2014

Family: Oxalidaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Widespread in North America, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Comments: Collected very early in both the New World and the Old World; the actual origin is obscure.

Synonyms: Xanthoxalis corniculata, Oxalis stricta.

Other data on Oxalis corniculata available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Oxalis corniculata has been found in the following 115 conservation areas :
A.D. Doug Barnes Park	Present	Native
Alice C. Wainwright Park	Present	Native
Arch Creek Addition	Present	Native
Arch Creek Park	Present	Native
Atlantic Dunes Park	Present	Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Bahia Honda State Park	Present	Native
Big and Little George Hammocks	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park	Present	Native
Bill Sadowski Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park	Present	Native
Biscayne National Park, Florida Keys Section	Present	Native
Blowing Rocks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 28	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 31	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock parcel 33	Present	Native
Castellow Hammock Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Coral Pines Park	Present	Native
Coral Reef Park	Present	Native
Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed (CREW)	Present	Native
Crocodile Lake National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammocks Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Danforth Park	Present	Native
Deering Estate at Cutler	Present	Native
Delray Beach Municipal Beach	Present	Native
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Dove Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park	Present	Native
Dry Tortugas National Park	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Eachus Pineland	Present	Native
Enchanted Forest Park	Present	Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Everglades National Park	Present	Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Fisheating Creek Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Florida City Pineland	Assumed to be Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Frog Pond/L-31 N Transition Lands	Present	Native
Fuchs Hammock Preserve	Present	Native
Gulfstream Park	Present	Native
Harden Hammock	Present	Native
Hattie Bauer Hammock	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Highland Oaks Park	Present	Native
Hillsboro Pineland Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Present	Native
Ingram Pineland	Present	Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
John D. MacArthur Beach State Park	Present	Native
John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park	Present	Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Kendall Indian Hammocks Park	Present	Native
Kendalwood	Present	Native
LaBelle Nature Park	Present	Native
Larry and Penny Thompson Park	Present	Native
Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park	Present	Native
Little Torch Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
Long Key Natural Area & Nature Center	Present	Native
Long Key State Park	Present	Native
Loveland Hammock	Present	Native
Loxahatchee Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Ludlam Pineland	Present	Native
Matheson Hammock Park	Present	Native
Milton E. Thompson Park	Present	Native
Muscara	Present	Native
National Key Deer Refuge	Present	Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve	Present	Native
Nicodemus Slough	Present	Native
Ocean Ridge Hammock Park	Present	Native
Oleta River State Park	Present	Native
Palm Drive Pineland	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Phipps Ocean Park	Present	Native
Picayune Strand State Forest	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Pond Apple Slough Natural Area	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Quail Roost Pineland	Present	Native
Red Reef Park, including Gumbo Limbo Nature Center	Present	Native
Rock Pit 39	Present	Native
Rockdale Pineland	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Secret Woods Nature Center	Present	Native
Seminole Wayside Park	Present	Native
Sewell Park	Present	Native
Silver Palm Groves	Present	Native
Silver Palm Hammock	Present	Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Snake Creek Hammocks, Florida Keys Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Tamarind Private Dune	Present	Native
The Barnacle State Historic Park	Present	Native
Tilton	Present	Native
Trail Glades Range	Present	Native
Tree Island Park	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Virginia Key Beach Park and Marine Stadium	Present	Native
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens	Present	Native
West Biscayne Pineland	Present	Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center	Present	Native
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Oxalis corniculata has been found in the following 9 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Glades County		Native
Hendry County		Native
Lee County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Monroe County (Keys)		Native
Palm Beach County		Native