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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Other: Blooms intermittently throughout the year; some oxalis will bloom all year if given enough light
Uses: Groundcover
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Toxicity: Other: All plants containing oxalic acid can be toxic to humans if enough is ingested.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Other: bulblets, tubers
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Wood-Sorrel

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This Oxalis has fleshy, succulent-like leaves and does not produc
Location: Punta Curaumilla, not far from Valparaiso, Chile.
I brought this only plant home, for it had been removed by free r

Seedlings obtained fom the seeds my plant produced
Uploaded by Mutisia
Uploaded by Mutisia

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