Largeflower pink-sorrel
বড় আমরুল
Oxalis debilis Kunth
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 30 cm
Oxalidaceae
Also called Pink Shamrock, Pink wood sorrel, Pink woodsorrel, Large-flowered Pink-sorrel, Lavender Sorrel
Formerly Acetosella debilis, Acetosella grandifolia, Acetosella martiana, Ionoxalis canaminensis, and 14 more
When it flowers
Flowers January to March, June to July and September 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
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- C. America to Guyana and ParaguayKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Spread
- 10 cm to 51 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -10 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: light, water, flowers, heat, hottest it survives.
Grow it with
Suggested by a rule, not by a gardener: same climate (kew), flowering when this plant does not (inaturalist), and a different shape.
Cape leadwortFlowers April to May, August and October to December, when this does not
Cotton RosemallowFlowers April to May, August and October to December, when this does not
Crimson bottlebrushFlowers April to May, August and October to December, when this does not
LantanaFlowers April to May, August and October to December, when this does not
Mexican petuniaFlowers April to May, August and October to December, when this does not
Tree tobaccoFlowers April to May, August and October to December, when this does not
In other languages (12)
- Portuguese
- Azeda, Canuru-de-sapo
- Czech
- šťavel cibulkatý
- Dutch
- Stippelklaverzuring
- Japanese
- ムラサキカタバミ
- Chinese
- 紅花酢漿草 (紫花酢漿草), 柔弱酢浆草, 紫花酢漿草
- Swedish
- lökoxalis
- French
- oxalis chétive
- Chinese (China)
- 红花酢浆草, 大酸味草, 大叶酢浆草
- Spanish
- Vinagrillo
- German
- Pinker Waldklee
- Italian
- acetosella debole
- Russian
- Кислица слабая
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
- RHS, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Oxalis debilis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.