Wood Sorrel

[SoloBoy]

Is this Wood Sorrel guys ?,its in my back garden.

http://img439.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscf01781cw.jpg

 

[den]

It looks like an oxalis of some kind. Can’t say it is wood sorrel.

There are garden varieties of oxalis

 

[SoloBoy]

Is it edible?

 

[redcollective]

It looks like it to me, its got the trifoil leaves.

Wood Sorrel is 'edible', however it's loaded with oxalic acid, so go easy. Tis poisonous in large doses. A few leaves in a salad will add a lemony interest.

Look for 10 stamens if and when it flowers. The little white flowers have 5 petals and purplish lines in them.

I have a shed loads of this in my garden too.

 

[JonnyP]

It is probably a cultivated variety, being in a garden. Wood sorrel is a true woodland species, and there are many garden varieties of oxalis around. Do you know what colour the flowers are..........
Pretty sure, by the photo, it is oxalis........................Jon

 

[SoloBoy]

Dont know what colour the flowers are,I've been in this house for 2 years now and it did'nt flower last year,I think anyway? Will be looking a lot more closer this year.Thanks guys
p.s can you explain what a stamen is? and does? stu?

 

[redcollective]

Sure: stamen are the pollen bearing male organs, that you see poking out of the middle of the flower. In oxalis of the kind you're looking for - if I remember correctly the stamen will be really pale green, with white(ish) little blobs on the ends.