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Oxalis rosea
Also called Annual Pink-sorrel
Oxalis rosea is an annual herb in the wood sorrel family, native to central and southern Chile, with pink flowers. It is a species, not a genus, and grows best in mild conditions with sun and well-drained soil.
Oxalis rosea, the Culle colorado, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae. It is one of the nearly 30 Oxalis species endemic to Chile. It is an annual herb distributed from the Coquimbo to the Aysen regions. It is reported as an introduced species in France, Great Britain and Romania. It has also been introduced to Ireland.
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 rosea 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.
