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Oxalis pods. (aka Wood Sorrel)

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_corniculata Creeping/Recumbent Yellow Wood Sorrel- apparently the pods EXPLODE!

 

Could also be en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxalis_stricta Common Yellow Wood sorrel, which has the same yellow flowers and explosive effect.

 

Apparently the main difference between these two species is that one always creeps on the ground (corniculata) and the other is "erect when young," but "later becomes decumbent as it lays down, and branches regularly."

 

"Both plants are perennial; however, the main difference between the two is that yellow woodsorrel spreads by below-ground rhizomes (stems that creep below the ground), and creeping woodsorrel spreads by stolons (stems that creep above the ground)."

-Source: pubs.caes.uga.edu/caespubs/pubcd/B1246.htm

I didn't examine that closely when I was photographing them.

 

monmouthdailyphoto.blogspot.com/2007/07/oxalis.html

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Uploaded on July 13, 2007
Taken on July 13, 2007