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Purchase a pot of oxalis (shamrocks) from your local nursery and put it on your kitchen table (or any place your child will see it).—Amanda Rock, Parents, 30 July 2024 Short of pulling out the oxalis, there aren’t any other options for your situation.—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2020 Spray just enough to thoroughly wet the foliage of the oxalis.—Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 11 Nov. 2020 Selective herbicide products for broadleaf plants will kill both the oxalis and your brass buttons.—oregonlive, 8 Nov. 2020 Some examples are sharp point fluvellin, velvetleaf, puncturevine, horseweed, western bittercress and oxalis.—oregonlive, 11 Aug. 2020
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Etymology
New Latin, genus name, from Latin, wood sorrel, from Greek, from oxys sharp — more at oxygen
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