Plant Comparison

Common yellow woodsorrel vs White clover

A side-by-side comparison of two medicinal plants — every documented constituent, action, use, safety note and cited source, assembled automatically from the Omnia Sana database.

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Plant ACommon yellow woodsorrelOxalis strictaOxalidaceaeFull monograph →
Plant BWhite cloverTrifolium repensFabaceaeFull monograph →

At a glance

Common yellow woodsorrel and White clover: they share 7 indicated uses (cancer (anticancer research), liver support, infection (general), …); 8 pharmacological actions in common.

Common yellow woodsorrelWhite clover
Constituents63
Pharmacological actions1111
Indicated uses915
Safety notes32
Cited sources1533
Indicated uses
Only Common yellow woodsorrel
DiarrhoeaIndigestion
Shared (7)
Cancer (anticancer research)Liver supportInfection (general)Inflammation (general)WoundsBlood sugar / diabetes supportCognitive function
Only White clover
Arthritis / joint painBruisingCold & fluImmune supportMenstrual crampsMuscle spasmSkin irritationKidney support
Pharmacological actions
Only Common yellow woodsorrel
GastroprotectiveAstringentAntidiarrhoeal
Shared (8)
AntioxidantAnti-inflammatoryAntimicrobialHepatoprotective (liver support)Anticancer (preclinical)Antidiabetic (blood-sugar lowering)Neuroprotective / cognition supportVulnerary (wound healing)
Only White clover
AntispasmodicImmunomodulator / immune supportNephroprotective (kidney support)

Evidence face-off — shared uses

ConditionCommon yellow woodsorrelWhite cloverVerdict
Cancer (anticancer research)2/102/10Comparable evidence
Liver support2/102/10Comparable evidence
Infection (general)2/102/10Comparable evidence
Inflammation (general)8/102/10Stronger for Common yellow woodsorrel
Wounds2/107/10Stronger for White clover
Blood sugar / diabetes support2/102/10Comparable evidence
Cognitive function2/102/10Comparable evidence

Evidence scores (1–10) are computed from the tier of each cited source. “Comparable” means the two scores are within one point. Follow a score to its detailed sources.

Key Constituents

Flavonoids[3, 9]

Flavonoid glycosides (e.g. isovitexin, vitexin, quercetin and apigenin derivatives), the main antioxidant constituents.

FlavonoidsQuercetinApigenin
Phenolic acids[3]

Caffeic, ferulic and related phenolic acids (antioxidant).

Phenolic acidsCaffeic acidFerulic acid
Tannins[4]

Tannins contributing to astringent/antidiarrhoeal activity.

Tannins
Oxalic acid and soluble oxalates[1]

The defining sour constituent - oxalic acid with potassium and calcium oxalates - biosynthesised in part from vitamin C. Responsible for the sour taste and for the kidney-stone/oxalate caution.

Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid)[1]

High ascorbate content (basis of the traditional antiscorbutic use); also a metabolic precursor of the plant's oxalic acid.

Acidic polysaccharide[10]

An acidic polysaccharide with antioxidant activity.

Polysaccharides
Isoflavones[32]

Phytoestrogenic isoflavones, present at lower levels than in red clover.

Flavonoids
Cyanogenic glycosides (trace)[30]

Present in small amounts; not significant in normal food or tea use.

Glycosides
Phenolic acids and flavonoids[32]

Contribute to antioxidant activity.

Phenolic acidsFlavonoids

Pharmacological Actions

Antioxidant[3, 9, 10]
Anti-inflammatory[3, 4]
Antimicrobial[9, 11, 12]

Antibacterial and antiparasitic (amoebicidal/giardicidal) activity of woodsorrel extracts/constituents.

Hepatoprotective (liver support)[5]

Protective against paracetamol-induced liver injury (congener O. corniculata).

Gastroprotective[6]

Protective against experimental gastric ulceration (congener O. corniculata).

Anticancer (preclinical)[2, 7, 15]

Woodsorrel phytoconstituents (and a green-synthesised nanoparticle made with O. stricta extract) induced apoptosis in breast, colon and Hep2 cancer cells (preclinical).

Antidiabetic (blood-sugar lowering)[3, 14]

Alpha-glucosidase and alpha-amylase inhibition by woodsorrel extract (congener O. corniculata).

Neuroprotective / cognition support[13]

Anti-Alzheimer's activity of woodsorrel extract in rats (congener O. corniculata).

Vulnerary (wound healing)[3, 8]

Promotes wound and fracture healing; traditional topical use for wounds and skin (congener O. corniculata).

Astringent[4]

Sour, tannin-containing herb; the basis of traditional antidiarrhoeal use.

Antidiarrhoeal[4]

Traditional astringent remedy for diarrhoea and dysentery (congener O. corniculata).

Anti-inflammatory[1, 2, 5, 6, 22, 28, 30, 31, 32]
Antioxidant[1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 16, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32]
Antispasmodic[30, 31, 32]

Antispasmodic (cramp easing)

Immunomodulator / immune support[2, 30, 31, 32]
Vulnerary (wound healing)[1, 7, 13, 30, 31, 32]
Nephroprotective (kidney support)[4]
Anticancer (preclinical)[3, 10]
Hepatoprotective (liver support)[9]
Antimicrobial[12, 18, 22, 26, 28]
Antidiabetic (blood-sugar lowering)[10, 20]
Neuroprotective / cognition support[22, 23]

Traditional & Indicated Uses

Cancer (anticancer research)[7, 15]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from anticancer action

Evidence: 2
Label: Cancer (anticancer research)
Liver support[5]Traditional · 2/10

Hepatoprotective in animal models (congener).

Evidence: 2
Label: Liver support
Diarrhoea[4]Good · 7/10

Traditional astringent remedy for diarrhoea and dysentery.

Evidence: 7
Label: Diarrhoea
Infection (general)[11, 12]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from antimicrobial/antiparasitic action

Evidence: 2
Label: Infection (general)
Inflammation (general)[3, 4]Good · 8/10
Evidence: 8
Label: Inflammation (general)
Wounds[8]Traditional · 2/10

Promotes wound/fracture healing; traditional topical use.

Evidence: 2
Label: Wounds
Blood sugar / diabetes support[14]Traditional · 2/10

Alpha-glucosidase/amylase inhibition (congener).

Evidence: 2
Label: Blood sugar / diabetes support
Indigestion[6]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from gastroprotective action

Evidence: 2
Label: Indigestion
Cognitive function[13]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from anti-Alzheimer's / neuroprotective action (congener)

Evidence: 2
Label: Cognitive function
Arthritis / joint pain[30, 31, 32]Traditional · 1/10

inferred from anti-inflammatory action

Evidence: 1
Label: Arthritis / joint pain
Bruising[30, 31, 32]Traditional · 1/10

inferred from vulnerary action

Evidence: 1
Label: Bruising
Cancer (anticancer research)[3, 10]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from anticancer action

Evidence: 2
Label: Cancer (anticancer research)
Cold & flu[30, 31, 32]Traditional · 1/10

inferred from immunomodulator action

Evidence: 1
Label: Cold & flu
Immune support[30, 31, 32]Traditional · 1/10
Evidence: 1
Label: Immune support
Inflammation (general)[6, 30, 31, 32]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from anti-inflammatory action

Evidence: 2
Label: Inflammation (general)
Menstrual cramps[30, 31, 32]Traditional · 1/10

inferred from antispasmodic action

Evidence: 1
Label: Menstrual cramps
Muscle spasm[30, 31, 32]Traditional · 1/10

inferred from antispasmodic action

Evidence: 1
Label: Muscle spasm
Skin irritation[30, 31, 32]Traditional · 1/10

inferred from anti-inflammatory action

Evidence: 1
Label: Skin irritation
Wounds[1, 7, 13, 30, 31, 32]Good · 7/10

inferred from vulnerary action

Evidence: 7
Label: Wounds
Kidney support[4]Traditional · 2/10
Evidence: 2
Label: Kidney support
Liver support[9]Traditional · 2/10
Evidence: 2
Label: Liver support
Blood sugar / diabetes support[10, 20]Traditional · 2/10
Evidence: 2
Label: Blood sugar / diabetes support
Infection (general)[12, 18, 22, 26]Traditional · 2/10

inferred from antimicrobial action

Evidence: 2
Label: Infection (general)
Cognitive function[22, 23]Traditional · 2/10
Evidence: 2
Label: Cognitive function

Safety, Cautions & Contraindications

Safety note[1]Warning

Yellow woodsorrel is RICH IN OXALIC ACID and soluble oxalates (the source of its sour taste). Avoid large or frequent quantities, and especially avoid it if you are prone to calcium-oxalate kidney stones, have gout, or have kidney disease. Oxalates also bind calcium and iron, reducing their absorption. Use only modest amounts, and cooking reduces soluble oxalate.

Safety noteCaution

Safety in pregnancy and breastfeeding has not been established; avoid medicinal doses during pregnancy and lactation.

Safety note[3, 4]Info

Most modern pharmacological data come from the near-identical congener Oxalis corniculata; the two yellow woodsorrels are used interchangeably in folk medicine, but human clinical trials are lacking for either species.

Safety note[30, 31, 32]Caution

Generally very safe as a food and in moderate herbal use. Cyanogenic glucosides present in very small amounts — not significant in normal food or tea use. Isoflavones are phytoestrogens (as in red clover) — same precautions apply in hormone-sensitive conditions. Well tolerated by most people.

Safety note[30, 31, 32, 33]Info

Duke (2002) does not include a dedicated entry for white clover (Trifolium repens) in the Handbook of Medicinal Herbs, Second Edition.

External Ids

Gbif: 9823072
Wikidata: Q158332
Gbif: 5358748
Wikidata: Q148675

Synonyms

Oxalis fontana, Xanthoxalis stricta

Not documented

Botanical Description

A small, sour-tasting herbaceous annual to short-lived perennial of the woodsorrel family, 10-40 cm tall. Its bright green leaves are clover-like, palmately divided into three heart-shaped (notched) leaflets that fold down at night and in strong sun. The small five-petalled flowers are bright yellow, borne in little clusters on axillary stalks. The whole plant tastes sharply sour from its oxalic-acid content. It is very similar to the creeping yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis corniculata) but has more upright stems that do not root at the nodes, and generally green (not purplish) foliage.[3]

Height: 10-40 cm
Habit: Upright to ascending annual or short-lived perennial; stems not rooting at the nodes (unlike creeping O. corniculata)
Leaves: Alternate, long-stalked, trifoliolate (clover-like) with three heart-shaped leaflets that fold at night; sour to taste
Flowers: Small, 5-petalled, bright yellow, in axillary clusters
Stem: Slender, erect to ascending, branched, often finely hairy, green
Root: Slender fibrous roots, sometimes with thin rhizomes
Fruit: An erect, cylindrical, five-angled capsule that splits explosively to scatter the seeds
Flowering Period: May-October

Low, creeping perennial herb rooting at the nodes, with trifoliate leaves, each leaflet oval and often marked with a pale chevron. Rounded white (sometimes pink-tinged) flower heads are borne on long stalks above the foliage.[30]

Height: 5-15 cm (creeping, flower stalks slightly taller)
Habit: Low, creeping, mat-forming perennial herb
Leaves: Trifoliate, each leaflet oval, often marked with a pale chevron
Flowers: Rounded white (sometimes pink-tinged) heads of small pea-like flowers on long stalks
Stem: Creeping, rooting at the nodes
Root: Fibrous roots with nitrogen-fixing nodules
Fruit: Small pod containing 3-4 seeds
Flowering Period: May-October

Habitat

A common weed of disturbed, open and cultivated ground: gardens, lawns, arable fields, roadsides, footpaths, waste places and greenhouses. It favours moist, fertile, well-lit soils and is excluded by dense established vegetation. Native to North America but now naturalised almost worldwide across temperate and warm regions.[3]

Grows in lawns, pastures, meadows and grassy waste ground; native to Europe and western Asia and now naturalised worldwide, including as a common lawn and forage plant.[30]

Harvesting

The sour leaves and aerial parts are gathered when actively growing and flowering, used fresh or dried. Because the plant accumulates oxalic acid, harvesting for food or medicine should favour young growth in modest quantities. As a low weed it is easily hand-gathered.[3]

Parts: Aerial parts, Leaf, Flower
Season: Spring to autumn during active growth and flowering

Flowering heads and leaves are picked through the flowering season and dried in a warm, shaded, airy place.[30]

Parts: Flower, Leaf
Season: May-October

Traditional Uses

Yellow woodsorrel (Oxalis stricta and its near-identical relative O. corniculata) has a long folk-medicine history, deepest in South and East Asian traditions. The cooling, sour whole plant has been used as a refrigerant and thirst-quencher, as a sour leafy vegetable/condiment, and as a source of vitamin C against scurvy. Traditional medicinal uses (chiefly documented for O. corniculata) include dysentery and diarrhoea and other digestive complaints, fever, liver complaints, and topical application of the crushed leaves or juice to wounds, insect bites, warts, corns, mouth sores and inflamed skin, as well as use as a mild diuretic. O. stricta shares these uses where the two woodsorrels are not distinguished.[3, 4]

White clover has a folk tradition, similar to but lighter than its relative red clover, as an anti-inflammatory and wound-healing remedy and mild expectorant, and modern research on its isoflavones and phenolics has additionally investigated antioxidant, kidney-protective and liver-protective activity.[30, 31, 32]

Preparations

Fresh juice / poultice[4]

Crushed fresh leaves or expressed juice applied topically to wounds, insect bites, warts and inflamed skin, or taken in small amounts for its cooling sour effect.

Infusion / decoction[4]

A whole-plant or leaf infusion/decoction used traditionally for fevers, diarrhoea and as a mild diuretic.

Sour culinary green[3]

Young leaves eaten raw in small quantities as a tart salad green or to add sourness to food (edible 'sourgrass').

Infusion (flower/leaf)[30]

Dried flower and leaf infused in hot water as a traditional mild tonic and expectorant tea.

References

REF-2778, REF-2779, REF-2780, REF-2781, REF-2782, REF-2783, REF-2784, REF-2785, REF-2786, REF-2787, REF-2788, REF-2789, REF-2790, REF-2791, REF-2792
REF-1323, REF-1324, REF-1325, REF-1326, REF-1327, REF-2366, REF-2367, REF-2368, REF-2369, REF-2901, REF-2902, REF-2903, REF-2904, REF-2905, REF-2906, REF-2907, REF-2908, REF-2909, REF-2910, REF-2935, REF-2936, REF-2937, REF-2938, REF-2939, REF-2940, REF-2941, REF-2942, REF-2943, REF-2944

Drug Class Interactions

Safety note[14]Caution
Drug Class: antidiabetics
Mechanism: Woodsorrel extract inhibits carbohydrate-digesting enzymes and shows antidiabetic activity; combined with antidiabetic medicines it could theoretically add to blood-sugar-lowering effects.
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Reviewed Date: 2026-07-10

Not documented

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