Israel wildflowers: Yellow woodsorrel
Oxalis corniculata, Yellow woodsorrel,
Hebrew: חמציץ קטן, Arabic: فصيلة ابرة الراعي, Egypt: خمض “Hamd”
| Scientific name: | Oxalis corniculata L. | |
| Common name: | Yellow woodsorrel | |
| Hebrew name: | חמציץ קטן | |
| Arabic name: | فصيلة ابرة الراعي | |
| Egypt: | خمض “Hamd” | |
| Family: | Oxalidaceae, חמציציים |
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| Life form: | Annual | |
| Leaves: | Alternate, compound, trifoliate | |
| Flowers: | Yellow | |
| Flowering Period: | March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October | |
| Habitat: | Cultivated areas | |
| Distribution: | Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon | |
| Chorotype: | Plurireginalbor-trop | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
 Derivation of the botanical name: Oxalis, Greek oxys, acid, sour, sharp; referring to the taste of the leaves and the stem; Pliny used Latin oxalis, idis, for some species of Rumex.
corniculata, with a small hornlike appendage, curved in de form of a horn.
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