Taxon: Oxalis debilis Kunth

Summary

Genus:

Oxalis

Family:

Oxalidaceae

Nomen number:

400810

Place of publication:

F. W. H. A. von Humboldt et al., Nov. gen. sp. 5:183[folio]; 5:236[quarto]. 1822

Verified:

07/31/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Oxalis debilis Kunth var. corymbosa (DC.) Lourteig (0 active accession[s])
Oxalis debilis Kunth var. debilis (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Burger, W. C., ed. 1971-. Flora costaricensis.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
Reitz, R., ed. 1983. Flora ilustrada catarinense. 110. Note: with two varieties
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Common names

Language	Name	Alternate name	note	seq	Citation
English	large-flower pink-sorrel			1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English	pink shamrock			1	Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Bahia		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Ceará		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Espírito Santo		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Minas Gerais		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pará		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Paraná		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Pernambuco		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Rio Grande do Sul		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	Santa Catarina		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil	São Paulo		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana			Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana			Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Buenos Aires		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Catamarca		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Chaco		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Corrientes		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Entre Ríos		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Misiones		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Salta		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	San Juan		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Santa Fe		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina	Tucumán		Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay			Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Uruguay			Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia			Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia			Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador			Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru			Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2	Cultivated					also cult.
4	Naturalized	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Tanzania
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Cabo Verde
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Azores
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Portugal	Madeira Islands
4	Naturalized	Africa	Macaronesia	Spain	Canarias
4	Naturalized	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
4	Naturalized	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Sao Tome and Principe
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Mauritius			Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
4	Naturalized	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Reunion			Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	China	China
4	Naturalized	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Japan
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Bhutan
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	India
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Nepal
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indian Subcontinent	Pakistan
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Indo-China	Thailand
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Jawa
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Indonesia	Sumatera
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Malaysia		Malaya
4	Naturalized	Asia-Tropical	Malesia	Philippines
4	Naturalized	Australasia	Australia	Australia			Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
4	Naturalized	Australasia	New Zealand	New Zealand			Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
4	Naturalized	Europe	Middle Europe	Switzerland
4	Naturalized	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southeastern Europe	Italy
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Spain
4	Naturalized	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama		USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida		USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia		USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana		USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi		USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Caribbean	West Indies
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Central America	Panama

Native
Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Trinidad and Tobago [Trinidad]
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Venezuela
BRAZIL: Brazil [Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo]
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Misiones, Salta, San Juan, Santa Fe, Tucumán], Paraguay, Uruguay

Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa

MACARONESIA: Cabo Verde, Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Tanzania
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sao Tome and Principe
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Mauritius, Reunion

Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China
EASTERN ASIA: Japan

Asia-Tropical

INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan
INDO-CHINA: Thailand
MALESIA: Indonesia [Jawa, Sumatera], Malaysia (Malaya), Philippines

Australasia

AUSTRALIA: Australia
NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain, France, Portugal

Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: West Indies
CENTRAL AMERICA: Nicaragua, Panama

Reference(s)

Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
Bosser, J. M. et al., eds. 1976-. Flores des Mascareignes.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
Lourteig, A. 2000. Oxalis L. subgéneros Monoxalis (Small) Lourt., Oxalis y Trifidus Lourt. Bradea 7:563.
USDA, NRCS. United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service's PLANTS database (on-line resource).
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=400810. Accessed 10 October 2026.