Oxalis is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family, Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the polar areas; species dive
Sorrel is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is also called common sorrel, meadow sorrel, green sorrel, sour dock, spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock.
Oxalis
…Many of the species are known as wood-sorrels (also as wood sorrels or woodsorrels) as they have an acidic taste reminiscent of the sorrel proper (Rumex acetosa), which is not closely related. Some species are called yellow sorrels or pink sorrels after the colour of their flowers instead. Other species are…