Family
Oxalidaceae (Woodsorrel family)
Oxalis pilosa. Photo: (c) Carol Blaney, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The Oxalidaceae, or wood sorrel family, are a small family of five genera of herbaceous plants, shrubs and small trees, with the great majority of the 570 species in the genus Oxalis (wood sorrels). Members of this family typically have divided leaves, the leaflets showing “sleep movements”, spreading open in light and closing in darkness.
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