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Oxalis barrelieri
Also called Lavender Sorrel
In Singapore: Lavender Sorrel (Grown in Singapore)
Oxalis barrelieri is a subshrub or small shrub in the wood sorrel family (Oxalidaceae), grown for its pink flowers and clover-like leaves, and often naturalised as a weed. It is hardy only in warm climates, and in cool regions it is grown as a container or greenhouse plant.
Oxalis barrelieri, the Barrelier's woodsorrel, or lavender sorrel, also commonly called in French trèfle, oseille-marron, or oseille-savane, is a plant from the genus Oxalis.
It is native to the West Indies, as well as Central and South America. It was introduced into parts of Africa, Sri Lanka, New Guinea and Southeast Asia. It is considered a weed in the Caroline and Mariana Islands and in Samoa.
Wood-sorrel · Silver Shamrock · Creeping woodsorrel · Scurvygrass · Crimson woodsorrel · Broadleaf woodsorrel · Nieuwoudtville Sorrel · Blackspot Sorrel · Mountain woodsorrel · Redwood-sorrel · Bermuda buttercup · Purple woodsorrel
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oxalis barrelieri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
