PLANTS Profile for Oxalis violacea (violet woodsorrel)

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PLANTS Profile

Oxalis violacea L.
violet woodsorrel

Symbol:

OXVI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Oxalidaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		I

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Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Jackson Co., McNeil Preserve. 2001. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Oxalis violacea L.

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Synonyms:
Oxalis violacea L.

	IOVI	Ionoxalis violacea (L.) Small
	OXVIT	Oxalis violacea L. var. trichophora Fassett
	SAVI19	Sassia violacea (L.) Holub

Distribution:
Oxalis violacea L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR)

Related Taxa:
Oxalis violacea L.

View 2 genera in Oxalidaceae, 38 species in Oxalis

Classification:
Oxalis violacea L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Geraniales
Family	Oxalidaceae – Wood-Sorrel family
Genus	Oxalis L. – woodsorrel
Species	Oxalis violacea L. – violet woodsorrel

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oxalis violacea L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Connecticut:
violet wood-sorrel		Special Concern
Massachusetts:
violet wood-sorrel		Endangered
Michigan:
violet wood-sorrel		Threatened
New York:
violet wood-sorrel		Threatened
Rhode Island:
violet wood-sorrel		Endangered

Introduced Information:
Oxalis violacea L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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Wildlife Habitat Values:
Oxalis violacea L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Oxalis violacea L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 29098.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/06/2008 12:17 PM MDT