False shamrock
Oxalis triangularis A.St.-Hil.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 30 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Oxalidaceae
Also called Purple shamrock
Formerly Acetosella oxyptera, Acetosella papilionacea, Acetosella regnellii, Acetosella triangularis, and 14 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
- Tuberous geophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Peru to Brazil and N. ArgentinaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 15 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- White, purpleRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Chinese
- 三角紫葉酢漿草, 紫葉酢醬草, 紫葉酢漿草
- Chinese (China)
- 紫叶酢浆草, 三角紫叶酢浆草
- Finnish
- valkokäenkaali
- Thai
- ผีเสื้อราตรี
- Russian
- Кислица треугольная
- Swedish
- triangeloxalis, snöoxalis
- Japanese
- サンカクカタバミ, インカカタバミ, インカノカタバミ
- Estonian
- santa katariina jänesekapsas
- Lithuanian
- Raudonlapis kiškiakopūstis
- Danish
- sommerfuglekløver
- Hebrew
- חמציץ משולש (סגול)
- Portuguese
- Falso trevo, Trevo-roxo
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, 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 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-26, CC BY
- 3D model: Oxalis triangularis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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