Flowering wood sorrel
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
Wood sorrel.
| Wood sorrel | Jänesekapsas | Oxalis acetosella |
A well known and often nibbled plant, growing in shade, with delicate leaves and a beauty when flowering. From a distance you could believe that the forest floor is full of wood anemones. Darkish spruce forests are illuminated by the white petals with their pink veins; sometimes the flowers can be pink or violet-tinted .
It looks as if the wood sorrel hasn’t any stems, the leaves are held up by the long leaf stalks. Depending on the light and temperature the leaves change their position – in a sunlit spot the plant lets its leaflets droop because then less water will evaporate from the delicate greenery. This is also the reason for its preference for shady habitats.
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