Taxon:
Oxalis pes-caprae L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:434. 1753
Verified:
09/14/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
English
African wood-sorrel – Bermuda-buttercup – buttercup oxalis – drooping wood-sorrel – Englishweed – large yellow soursob – soursob – South African wood-sorrel – yellow-flower oxalis – German
nickender Sauerklee – Swedish
getoxalis –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Eastern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Northern Cape | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Western Cape | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Eritrea | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Tunisia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Egypt | Sinai | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | s. |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Uruguay | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Namibia, South Africa [Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Western Cape]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea, Ethiopia
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
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CHINA:
China
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Northern America
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REGION:
United States (s.)
Southern America
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina, Chile, Uruguay
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Bee plants | honey production | | Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous |
Weed | | | Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia. |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |