Common name:
Least yellow-sorrel
Family:
Scientific name:
Oxalis exilis
Main flower color:
Range:
Most of England; smaller areas of Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Height:
Up to 10 cm
Habitat:
Waste ground, fields, inhabited places, driveways
Flowers:
Solitary, small (5 mm in diameter); five yellow petals and ten short, greenish-yellow stamens, of which only five have anthers. The ovate sepals have a sparse covering of straggly hairs
Leaves:
Trifoliate; three heart-shaped leaflets, up to 6 mm across, with a few hairs along the margins
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
