Distribution: West of the Casccades in Washington; southern Washington to northwest California.
Habitat: Low elevations, usually in moist, coastal woods but sometimes on rather dry, open slopes.
Flowers: April-August
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Threatened in Washington (WANHP)
Finely pubescent perennial from rhizomes, the stems 3-15 cm. long, decumbent to erect.
Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, trifoliate; leaflets 1.5-3 cm. broad, obcordate, drooping; stipules very small or lacking.
Flowers 1-3, short-pedicellate, on peduncles exceeding the leaves; sepals 5; petals 5, yellow, 12-20 mm. long, rounded; stamens 10, the filaments hairy, the lower 2-3 mm. united, 5 filaments longer than the other 5; styles 5.
Flowers 1-3, short-pedicellate, on peduncles exceeding the leaves; sepals 5; petals 5, yellow, 12-20 mm. long, rounded; stamens 10, the filaments hairy, the lower 2-3 mm. united, 5 filaments longer than the other 5; styles 5.
Publication: Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 4: 89. . 1888.
Oxalis pumila Nutt.
Xanthoxalis suksdorfii (Trel.) Small
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Oxalis suksdorfii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Oxalis suksdorfii checklist entry.
E-Flora BC: Oxalis suksdorfii atlas page.
CalPhotos: Oxalis suksdorfii photos.
USDA Plants: Oxalis suksdorfii information.
