Oxalis family : OXALIDACEAE (ROSIDAE) in Australia
including Averrhoaceae and Connaraceae

Flower
Families 		Flowers in Australia
  
  
Don Herbison-Evans,
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Christine Ashe
  
Plants in Australia Plant
Classes

Averrhoa carambola
Starfruit
Sydney September 2006

Oxalis articulata
Bent Woodsorrel
Morwell Park,
October 1993

Oxalis corniculata
Creeping Woodsorrel
Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria
Photo: courtesy of
Laura Levens

Oxalis corymbosa
Pink Oxalis
Sydney, September 2006

Oxalis incarnata
Pale Woodsorrel
Morwell Park,
October 1991

Oxalis perennans
Perennial Wood Sorrel
Wonboyn, NSW
Photo: courtesy of
Paul Whitington

Oxalis pes-caprae
Soursob
Sydney, October 2006

Oxalis rubens
Dune Woodsorrel
Wonboyn, NSW
Photo: courtesy of
Paul Whitington

Oxalis stricta
Yellow Woodsorrel
Photo: courtesy of
Harold McQueen

Plants in OXALIDACEAE are food for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Butterflies, including:


Danis danis

Lucia limbaria

Plants in OXALIDACEAE are also food for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Moths, including:


Delgamma pangonia

Diacrotricha fasciola

Crombrugghia wahlbergi

Homona spargotis

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(updated 4 January 2013, 18 June 2017, 1 June 2020)