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|species=corniculata
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[[Image:Oxalis corniculata in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8538.jpg| ]]
'''Creeping Woodsorrel''' (''Oxalis corniculata''), also called '''Procumbent Yellow-sorrel''' or '''Sleeping Beauty''', resembles the [[Common Yellow Woodsorrel]] (''O. stricta''). It is a somewhat delicate-appearing, low-growing, [[herb]]aceous [[plant]] in the family [[Oxalidaceae]]. It has a narrow, creeping stem that readily roots at the [[node (botany)|node]]s. The trifoliate [[Leaf|leaves]] are subdivided into three rounded leaflets and resemble a [[clover]] in shape. Some varieties have green leaves, while others, like ''Oxalis corniculata'' var. ''atropurpurea'', have purple. The leaves have inconspicuous [[stipule]]s at the base of each [[Petiole (botany)|petiole]]s.
The [[fruit]] is a narrow, cylindrical [[Capsule (fruit)|capsule]], 1 to 2 cm long and noteworthy for its explosive discharge of the contained, 1 mm long seeds.
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Oxalis corniculata, Linn. (O. stricta. Linn.). Fig. 2688. Slender, prostrate, often rooting, loosely hairy: lfts. obcordate. Var. atropurpurea, Planch. (O. tropaeoloides, Schlecht.). Spreading, red-purple: fls. few, in umbels on rather short axillary peduncles, small, yellow. Eu. F.S. 12:1205; 19:1968 (a form with variegated Lvs.). R.H. 1897, p. 499.—A closely related smaller plant common everywhere as a greenhouse weed, especially in agave and cactus tubs, is the tropical O. repens, Thunb.
Oxalis corniculata, Linn. (O. stricta. Linn.). Slender, prostrate, often rooting, loosely hairy: lfts. obcordate. Var. atropurpurea, Planch. (O. tropaeoloides, Schlecht.). Spreading, red-purple: fls. few, in umbels on rather short axillary peduncles, small, yellow. Eu.—A closely related smaller plant common everywhere as a greenhouse weed, especially in agave and cactus tubs, is the tropical O. repens, Thunb.
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