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| | OXALIDACEAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | The family includes the well-known tropical ground-cover, Oxalis pes-caprae, the Bermuda Buttercup, and Oxalis corniculata, a weed of temperate gardens. |
 | | Leaves, Stem & Roots ~ The leaves of Oxalidaceae are alternate with no stipules (small leafy growths at the leaf nodes), simple or compound, and often trifoliate like a clover leaf in species of Oxalis. |
 | | In some species the leaflets fold down at night or in cold weather. |
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