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Oxalis purpurea
Also called Large Flower Oxalis, Large Flower Wood Sorrel, Large Leaf Wood Sorrel, Round Leaf Wood Sorrel, Variable Wood Sorrel, Grand Sorrel, Purple Sorrel
Oxalis purpurea is a bulb-forming perennial in the woodsorrel family, native to southern Africa and widely grown as an ornamental. It is grown from bulbs in pots or borders, and needs bright light and well-drained soil with a rest period.
Oxalis purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family known by the common name purple woodsorrel. It is native to southern Africa, including South Africa, but it is known on most continents as an introduced species. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant.
Wood-sorrel · Silver Shamrock · Barrelier's woodsorrel · Creeping woodsorrel · Scurvygrass · Crimson woodsorrel · Broadleaf woodsorrel · Nieuwoudtville Sorrel · Blackspot Sorrel · Mountain woodsorrel · Redwood-sorrel · Bermuda buttercup
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Oxalis purpurea 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.
