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Taxon:  Oxalis corniculata L.



Summary
Genus:
Oxalis
Family:
Oxalidaceae
Nomen number:
26196
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:435. 1753
Verified:
05/24/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Oxalis corniculata L. var. atropurpurea Planch. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Xanthoxalis rufa Small
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
creeping lady's-sorrel –
creeping oxalis –
creeping wood-sorrel –
procumbent yellow-sorrel –
sour-grass wood-sorrel –
yellow wood sorrel –
Arabic
hamd –
German
hornfrüchtiger Sauerklee –
Portuguese (Brazil)
azedinha –
três-coraç�es –
trevo-azedo –
Swedish
krypoxalis –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
4Naturalized     
6Other     
Naturalized ()
Other ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Harmful organism hostcrop diseases Frederiksen, R. A. 1996. Compendium of sorghum diseases. The disease compendium series. 1973- 24.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. 1998
Weedpotential seed contaminant CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. The CIBA-GEIGY Weed Tables. 1974
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=26196. Accessed 3 August 2025.


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