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Oxalis acetosella

Family :	OXALIDACEAE (Wood Sorrel Family)
Common Name (UK) :	Wood Sorrel
Common Name (DE) :	Wald-Sauerklee
Common Name (FR) :	Pain de coucou
Habitat :	Damp, shady places, beside streams
Remarks :	Gaelic name Seamrag (pronounced Shamrock). As St Patrick observed, the leaflets are three persons with one nature.
First appearing :	April
Abundance :	Abundant

Photo Date : April 9, 2004 Location : Near the Sportplatz off the Rotenwald in the Rot & Schwartwild Park, Stuttgart.
Photo Date : April 11, 2010 Location : Saint-Jean-aux-Bois, Oise, France. N49° 21.208' E2° 54.883'
Siting Date : April 13, 2005	Location :Along the Hasenbergsteige in the Rot & Schwartzwild Park, Stuttgart West. N48° 45.668' E9° 07.733'
Siting Date : April 17, 2005	Location :Along the Tannengärtlesallee in the Rot & Schwartzwild Park, Stuttgart West. N48° 46.624' E9° 05.727'
Siting Date : April 17, 2005	Location :Along the Grundstein Allee in the forest west of Botnang, Stuttgart West. N48° 47.282' E9° 06.203'
Siting Date : April 17, 2005	Location :Along the Lindentalsträsschen in the forest west of Botnang, Stuttgart West. N48° 47.692' E9° 06.825'
Siting Date : April 17, 2005	Location :West side of the Birkenkopf, Stuttgart West. N48° 45.905' E9° 07.713'
Photo Date : April 18, 2004 Location : Along the path that borders the deer pen to the west in the Rot & Schwartwild Park, Stuttgart.
Photo Date : April 18, 2004 Location : Along the path that borders the deer pen to the west in the Rot & Schwartwild Park, Stuttgart.