Violet Wood Sorrel – Native Plant of the Day 04/28/2024
Photo from 04/26/2008. Location: Grundy County, TN.
More photos / info at the Oxalis violacea detail page.
Violet Wood Sorrel – Oxalis violacea
Large Yellow Wood Sorrel – Native Plant of the Day 02/02/2024
Photo from 05/19/2016. Location: Steel Trap Knob, Lumpkin County, GA.
More photos / info at the Large Yellow Wood Sorrel detail page.
Large Yellow Wood Sorrel – Oxalis grandis
Price’s Wood Sorrel – Native Plant of the Day 02/01/2024
Photo from 05/11/2017. Location: Long Hunter State Park, Davidson County, TN.
More photos / info at the Price’s Wood Sorrel detail page.
Price’s Wood Sorrel – Oxalis macrantha
Redwood Sorrel, a native plant , has been added to the USWildflowers’ database (11/30/2019.) Scientific name is Oxalis oregana. Photo below was taken in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, Humboldt County, CA on Sep 12, 2019. Go to the Redwood Sorrel detail page for more information and photos.
Redwood Sorrel – Oxalis oregana
Large Yellow Wood Sorrel, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (10/19/2018.) Scientific name is Oxalis grandis. Photo below was taken on Steel Trap Knob, Lumpkin County, GA on May 19, 2016. Go to the Large Yellow Wood Sorrel detail page for more information and photos.
Large Yellow Wood Sorrel – Oxalis grandis
Another 10 days during the ‘peak development period’ of wildflowers at The Pocket had passed since I’d last been there, and I won’t be able to get down to The Pocket for another week due to other commitments, so in spite of the cloudy weather, I took advantage of an almost free afternoon to get an update. It was a beautiful (if chilly) day today, so I headed down there for a more leisurely visit. A couple of surprises along with what was expected (including the Bent White Trillium) – I counted 38 species blooming.
Bent White Trillium – Trillium flexipes at The Pocket
Price’s Wood Sorrel, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (05/19/2017.) Scientific name is Oxalis macrantha. Photo below was taken in Long Hunter State Park on May 11, 2017. Go to the Price’s Wood Sorrel detail page for more information and photos.
Price’s Wood Sorrel – Oxalis macrantha
I had not planned on getting back down to The Pocket so soon after Sunday’s trip, but I got an email from Clayton Webster of the Over The Hill Hiking Group on Tuesday inviting me to join them on their visit to The Pocket today. I was really glad I joined them, not only because they are such a fine, fun group of folks, but without them I would have missed a Bloodroot still blooming! With that Bloodroot and all the other early spring flowers except Harbinger-of-Spring making a presence (yes, Dutchman’s Breeches STILL blooming) and so many other species at peak bloom, today might have been the perfect day for a visit to The Pocket. Thanks, Clayton!
Crested Dwarf Iris – One of the new species blooming since Sunday
I always get surprises when I go to The Pocket. Today was no exception, except that since things started blooming so much earlier than usual this year (Hepatica in January!), I was expecting the “early season” to continue – expecting some of the earlier species to be gone, and frankly I was expecting to see the Bent White Trillium blooming. However, with the exception of Lindera benzoin (Spicebush), ALL of the early species were still blooming. So with all those earlier ones, and a few more added this trip, I found 30 species in flower this trip. And those Bent White Trillium, while close, are not yet blooming. It seems the wildflowers at The Pocket are now closer to “normal schedule” than “really early.”
Not quite yet – Bent White Trillium – Trillium flexipes
Slender Yellow Wood Sorrel – Native Plant of the Day 10/21/2016
Photo from 5/17/2013. Location: Walker County, GA.
More photos & info at the Oxalis dillenii detail page.
Slender Yellow Woodsorrel – Oxalis dillenii