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Oxalis clandestina is a small annual or biennial wood-sorrel from central and southern Chile, grown mainly for its clover-like leaves and bright flowers. It thrives in cool, moist conditions with good light and does not tolerate prolonged dryness or heat.
Oxalis clandestina is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae. It is endemic to Chile, where it is distributed from the Valparaiso to the Los Lagos regions.
Wood-sorrel · Silver Shamrock · Radishroot woodsorrel · Alpine woodsorrel · Oxalis ambigua · Oxalis arenaria · Pink Sorrel · Oxalis aureoflava · Oxalis ausensis · Barrelier's woodsorrel · Oxalis bifida · Red-flower woodsorrel
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oxalis clandestina 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.
