{"id":14240,"date":"2020-04-28T16:41:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/?p=14240"},"modified":"2023-03-29T16:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:34:30","slug":"identify-wood-sorrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/identify-wood-sorrel\/","title":{"rendered":"Wood Sorrel (Oxalis spp) Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wood Sorrel \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Winter \/ Edible<\/h1>\r\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-14240 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/identify-wood-sorrel\/wood-sorrel\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-scaled-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/identify-wood-sorrel\/wood-sorrel-mycena\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Wood-sorrel-mycena-scaled-e1646401555580.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/identify-wood-sorrel\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-scaled-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/identify-wood-sorrel\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-scaled-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\r\n<h2><strong>How to Identify Wood Sorrel<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2>Botanical Name<\/h2>\r\n<p>Oxalis spp<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Family<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Oxalidaceae<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Known Hazards<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>This plant contains Oxalic acid, similar to rhubarb, giving it its\u2019 sour taste, if you ingest too much of this acid you can upset your stomach. Saying that you would have to eat a serious amount of wood sorrel to get to this point. To be avoided by anyone with kidney disease, kidney stones, rheumatoid arthritis, or gout.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Could be confused with<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Clover, the leaves are a little like those found on a clover, the main difference being that a clover leaf sits flat whereas a sorrel leaf has a distinct fold down the center of the leaf, making each leaf almost look like those of a butterfly.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Range and Distribution<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Uk, Most of Europe (specifically Northern), Northern America, and most of Asia.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Habitat<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>Damp Woodlands<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2>Wood Sorrel Foraging Video<\/h2>\r\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wood Sorrel - Foraging UK -\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-53pG1NK4Pk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Physical Characteristics<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>This common perennial can grow in large patches connected by subterranean rhizomes, with the ability to produce by seed and by rhizome.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2>Leaf<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>There are no stems, rather clumps on leaves growing together from 5-10cms in length. Each leaf collection is made up of three heart-shaped leaflets, each leaf has a fold-down the center which changes, opening, and closing dependent on the amount of light available.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31029\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-scaled-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-leaf-and-flower-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2>Flowers<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>This plant amazingly has two types of flower, its first set of flowers from deep purple to white with distinct purple-white veins, are incredibly attractive, opening up and inviting many bumblebees, the second set of flowers that appear later in the year are called cleistogamous flower, these are very small, remaining fully closed and will self-pollinate.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31030\" src=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-scaled-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/totallywilduk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/wood-sorrel-flower-and-leaf-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<h2><strong>Edible Use<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0<strong>Leaves<\/strong>: Edible salads, sauces, smoothies, juiced, cakes, icing<br \/>\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Flower<\/strong>: All of the above<\/p>\r\n<h2><strong>Herbal<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>It\u2019s a diuretic and has antiscorbutic properties as well as having a great cooling ability. It\u2019s been used to calm stomach upsets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wood Sorrel \/ Summer \/ Autumn \/ Winter \/ Edible How to Identify Wood Sorrel Botanical Name Oxalis spp Family Oxalidaceae Known Hazards This plant contains Oxalic acid, similar to rhubarb, giving it its\u2019 sour taste, if you ingest too much of this acid you can upset your stomach. 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