Oxalidaceae FAMILY

Oxalis rosea

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitAnnual

Growth—

Oxalis rosea is a plant of the warm temperate to subtropical regions of Chile, tolerating only occasional light frosts. It grows in areas with year-round rain and also areas with a dry period of up to 3 - 5 months. Mean annual rainfall is in the range of 400 - 800mm, concentrated in the winter months^[1]. Plants grow in shady places in the wild, ranging from fairly light shade to heavy shade^[1]. Plants will often self-sow freely^{[2, 3]}.

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Oxalis+rosea>

Pollinators

Insects

References

[1]ChileFlora — http://www.chileflora.com/index.html ↩︎Not realy a flora, but a lovely site with lots of helpful information for the gardener and an abundance of excellent photos covering over 2,000 species of Chilean plants.
[2]The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. — Huxley. A. · MacMillan Press · 1992 · ISBN 0-333-47494-5 ↩︎Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
[3]Los nombres vulgares de las Plants Silvestres de Chile i su concordancia con los nombres cientificos — Victor Manuel Baeza · 1920 ↩︎A list of Chilean common names, listing the botanical name, a brief description and, often, a list of uses.