Creeping Woodsorrel
चांगेरीபுளியாரைపులి చింత
Oxalis corniculata L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 13 cm
- wide
- 41 cm
Oxalidaceae
Also called Procumbent Yellow-sorrel, Yellow wood sorrel, Wright's Creeping Woodsorrel, Clover Sorrel, Horned Oxalis
Formerly Acetosella corniculata, Acetosella herpestica, Acetosella simulans, Oxalis boridiensis, and 32 more
When it flowers
Flowers all year in the tropics.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Annual or perennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Indian Subcontinent to Japan and PhilippinesKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 5 cm to 20 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 5 cm to 76 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Korean
- 괭이밥
- Italian
- Acetosella dei campi
- Spanish
- Acedera asiática
- root
- xi potei, OXACOR, ti siwèt
- French
- Oxalis corniculé, Oxalide corniculée, pain de coucou
- German
- Horn-Sauerklee, Gehörnter Sauerklee, Hornfrüchtiger Sauerklee
- Japanese
- カタバミ, カガミグサ, スイバ
- Chinese
- 黃花酢醬草, 黃花酢漿草, 酢漿草
- Portuguese
- Erva-azeda
- Czech
- šťavel růžkatý
- Dutch
- gehoornde klaverzuring, Gehoornde klaverzuring
- Danish
- Nedliggende surkløver
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- 3D model: Oxalis corniculata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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