The Oxalis tuberosa alliance is a group of morphologically similar Oxalis species allied to the Andean tuber crop oca, O. tuberosa. Originally described by cytologists as a dozen species sharing a ...

In the year 432 AD, a missionary who earlier assumed the name Patricius, arrived in Ireland with the objective of converting the Celtic Irish to Christianity. Legend has it that he used a small, three ...

If a leprechaun leaps from the faerie den this St. Patrick’s Day to ask if you know a shamrock from a clover, what will you answer? “If you said the shamrock is a clover, you’re in luck,” says ...

Oxalis tuberosa, a member of the oxalidaceae family, appears as a three-leaf clover above ground. The leaves are reported to be edible in small quantities, having a sharp almost sour taste. The leaves ...