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Oxalis decaphylla
Also called Ten Leaved Pink Sorrel, Ten Leaf Wood Sorrel, Ten Leaf Woodsorrel
Tenleaf woodsorrel is a perennial wood sorrel from Arizona, New Mexico and Mexico that grows in damp spots within otherwise dry areas. It is grown as an ornamental and needs consistent moisture and bright, filtered light.
Oxalis decaphylla, the ten-leaf woodsorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico, and it has been introduced to Great Britain. A perennial reaching 45 cm (18 in), it is found in a wide variety of damp habitats in otherwise drier areas.
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 decaphylla 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.
