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This little plant is cute-looking when covered with yellow flowers, but devalued because of its ubiquitousness. The leaves can be added to salads in small amounts – they have a slightly sour taste. Some authorities recognize another species of wood sorrel, Oxalis dillenii, which also has yellow flowers and is very similar to Oxalis stricta. The former species is supposed to have more erect pedicels, rhizomes, and other slightly different traits that distinguish it from Oxalis stricta. However, it seems more likely that these are merely variations of the same species. Return