Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel vs Garden Pink-sorrel

Oxalis dillenii compared with Oxalis latifolia

Key Differences

Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel is Not Evaluated while Garden Pink-sorrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel	Garden Pink-sorrel
Kingdom same	Plantae (植物)	Plantae (植物)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)	Magnoliophyta (木兰植物门)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)	Magnoliopsida (木兰纲)
Order same	Oxalidales (酢浆草目)	Oxalidales (酢浆草目)
Family same	Oxalidaceae	Oxalidaceae
Genus same	Oxalis	Oxalis
Species	Oxalis dillenii	Oxalis latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel and Garden Pink-sorrel share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxalis.

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Conservation Status

Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Garden Pink-sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel	Garden Pink-sorrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (Japan, Turkey), Europe (23 countries), and North America (Canada, United States).

Garden Pink-sorrel

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Common Yellow Wood-Sorrel

<em>Oxalis dillenii</em>, the common yellow wood sorrel or slender yellow wood sorrel, is a small annual to short-lived perennial herbaceous plant in the family Oxalidaceae. It is native to eastern North America and has been introduced to many parts of Europe, Asia, and other temperate regions, where it occurs as a weed of cultivated ground, roadsides, waste places, lawns, and disturbed habitats. The plant typically grows 10–35 cm tall and produces trifoliate leaves with three notched, heart-shaped leaflets that fold downward in darkness or heat. Small bright yellow flowers with five petals are produced from spring through autumn. The cylindrical seed pods eject seeds forcibly at maturity. Biological traits such as average lifespan and body measurements remain poorly documented in consolidated scientific literature. Like other Oxalis species, <em>Oxalis dillenii</em> contains oxalic acid, giving leaves a sour taste and making them mildly toxic when consumed in large quantities. The plant provides nectar for small generalist pollinators. It has not been formally evaluated for IUCN conservation status but is considered common and widespread with no conservation concerns across its introduced and native ranges.