Updates on Chief

[Yellow Turtle]

I enjoy seeing his updates. He looks very smooth.

For the picture with clover like plants, is it really clover and not oxalis? Just curious because I have similar plant like that in my yard and I remember people here calling that oxalis. Thanks.

 

[mctlong]

We've always called that plant clover. That was my assumption. I did a quick google search and the leaf-shape is consistent with oxalis. I don't remember seeing any flowers on the plant for comparison and the plant is gone now. It blooms briefly in my yard every year after our very short rainy season and then dries out and dies quickly after the rains stop. My tort ate tons of it without any signs of digestive issues (no diarrhea, stool discoloration, or constipation). I'll do more reasearch before it sprouts up next year. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Tom]

For the picture with clover like plants, is it really clover and not oxalis? Just curious because I have similar plant like that in my yard and I remember people here calling that oxalis. Thanks.

The flowers are the dead give away. Also the height of the plant to a lesser degree. Oxalis tends to grow taller than clover, at least in my area. 12-14" is the norm. Oxalis produces little yellow trumpet shaped flowers, in contrast to the little "tufts" produced by all the clovers.

These are oxalis. The flowers here are really WIDE open. Normally they look much more trumpet like. But either way they look nothing like a clover flower.

 

[Yellow Turtle]

What confuses me is that I remember people here calling plant with heart shape is oxalis and not clover, so I don't give mine those weeds.

Well, thanks for the notice and also to Tom for the more detail biological things. The ones grow in my yard certainly don't have those yellow flowers.

 

[wiccan_chicken]

I have that plant in my yard as well, do they grow in a small bush rather than spread out? If you taste the leaves, they should taste like lemon. I don't remember the flowers, but that plant attracts deer. I wonder if it is safe for torts?

 

[Urtle]

Cheif looks awesome! You got a special tortoise there Love these updates!

 

[mctlong]

Cheif looks awesome! You got a special tortoise there Love these updates!

Thanks. I think he's special.

He's grown so much in the last couple of months that my husband is now referring to him as "that tortoise who ate Chief."