yellow wood sorrel

also called sour grass

Oxalis europaea

Published on Jul 9, 2012

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Published on Jul 9, 2012

NOTE: The mnemonic of another plant (Stellaria media | Chickweed) in this course is based on the "4 essentials of survival ". The mnemonic of this plant is based on the "Rule of 3s". In any extreme situation you can't survive for more than 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without shelter, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. Now, assuming you're on land (looking at plants; not in a water survival situation), air in this mnemonic, will represent weather not oxygen.

MNEMONIC EXPLAINED: You love, love, love (3 heart-shaped leaflets) this plant and it loves, loves, loves (3 heart-shaped leaflets) you. It first reminds you of the "Rule of 3s". It then provides those 4 things necessary for survival: perfect weather/air (yellow star-shaped flowers represent clear weather; sunny skies and starry nights; not a cloud in the sky), a tarp shelter (each leaflet represents a tarp and the fold down the middle [it folds at night; at bedtime] represents your ridge line tied between 2 trees), water (the erect seed pod capsules [they bend sharply upward on their stalks], on the plant, represent water bottles with pull spouts on top [a short point]. The bottles/seed pods are erect and have pull spouts so that all of the water won't spill out) and food (the entire plant [above ground] is edible).

Uploaded on Jul 19, 2010

Oorspronkelijk uit Amerika afkomstig, nu overal ingeburgerd als onkruid op akkers en in tuinen, maar ook wel eens in het bos, zoals hier in Oranjewoud waar ik hem al jaren zie staan.

Published on Sep 16, 2012

Yellow woodsorrel (oxalis stricta) seed pods that are mature will "fire" their seeds when touched. These weeds are effective at dispersing seeds up to 13 feet away.

Shot with a Casio Exilim EX FC-100 at 240FPS. Audio from "Operation Cue" for 1964 from http://archive.org/details/Operatio1964

Published on Jul 14, 2013

I recently identified my yellow woodsorrel and therefore discovered they they pop and scatter their seeds like members of the impatiens family of plants. I then decided that I must have a slow motion video of it happening.

This is my first attempt.

Uploaded on Jul 28, 2010

This plant is perfectly edible, but it does contain oxalic acid which can cause problems if consumed in large quantities. I use it as a trail nibble. It tastes real good and is tart like lemons. The tartness is a good sign that the plant may contain oxalic acid.