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Wood-sorrel

Oxalis acetosella

10,549Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
108Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan69
Feb93
Mar355
Apr2,478
May2,027
Jun1,029
Jul1,036
Aug807
Sep533
Oct239
Nov148
Dec73

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England1,505
2Highland Scotland951
3Argyll and Bute Scotland707
4North Yorkshire England441
5Sheffield England343
6Cumbria England314
7Powys Wales275
8Perth and Kinross Scotland272
9Herefordshire, County of England220
10Dumfries and Galloway Scotland212
11Aberdeenshire Scotland190
12Devon England177
13Norfolk England103
14Gwynedd Wales85
15Stirling Scotland85
5,536 England2,972 Scotland524 Wales142 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 108 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
10,549
Peak month
April
Counties with records
108
Scientific name
Oxalis acetosella
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
40,249
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Oxalidales
Family
Oxalidaceae
Genus
Oxalis
Name with authority
Oxalis acetosella L.
Contributing datasets
52

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q158576 · GBIF 8211958