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sorrel, wood-sorrel


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
sorrel, wood-sorrel
Myaamia Name:  
wiihkapeepiikwi
Harvest Seasons:  
Fall, Spring
Habitats:  
Oak Forest including Oak-Hickory, Beech-Oak-Maple Mixed Mesophytic, Dry Prairie grasslands, Wet Prairie grasslands with flooding, Conifer Shrubland and Forest, Human-Disturbed Areas

Media 
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Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Gonella, M.P 2003-2006 Use - Food 

Stems and leaves eaten while hunting to keep hunger at bay.

Small, J.K. 1903 Description 

Oxalis acetosella is the only Oxalis species mentioned in Small (1903), yet there are five other Oxalis species that were present in Myaamia lands around the turn of the last century.

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

A number of species in the Oxalis genus occur in Myaamia lands, some in eastern (i.e. O. grandis, O. illinoensis), some in western (e.g. O. albicans), some in both (i.e. O. corniculata, O. stricta). These species occur in various habitats, often moist, and often as a weed. Most Oxalis species in Myaamia lands are native, although there are several non-native species found throughout North America and Canada. The most common native Oxalis in Myaamia lands is Oxalis stricta, common yellow oxalis. 

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gravier, J. ca. 1700  

Gravier says that the word wiihkapepikwi 'salt' can also mean 'oseille sauvage', which Carl Masthay translates as 'wild sorrel'.

Bush, L. L 1996  

Human charred remains of Oxalis sp. were recovered at an early Myaamia Village Site at the forks of the Wabash River (Fort Wayne), 1795-1812 (Ehler Site).

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900  

"wikapipikwi . . . a weed called sheep-sour, leaves like clover, white people make pies of it".

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900  

"wikápäpíkwi, sheep sorrel"