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Giant Oxalis

Oxalis gigantea

Giant Oxalis
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Oxalidaceae (Oxalid family)
Grows as
Shrub
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).

About

Oxalis gigantea is an Oxalis species found in Regions Antofagasta, Atacama and Coquimbo of Chile. It was first described in 1845. Oxalis gigantea is a shrub pollinated by hummingbirds.

It is also called churqui and churco in Spanish.

Other Oxalis plants

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 gigantea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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