Oxalidaceae
Red-flower woodsorrel
Oxalis bowiei
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Genus
- Oxalis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Red-flower woodsorrel
Synonyms
- Acetosella calliantha (Franch. & Sav.) Kuntze
- Caudoxalis bowieana Small
- Oxalis bowieana Herb.
- Oxalis calliantha Franch. & Sav.
- Oxalis purpurata var. bowiei (W.T.Aiton ex G.Don) Sond.
- Oxalis vigilans L.Bolus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Red-flower woodsorrel: 大花酢醬草 Oxalis bowiei [香港花展 Hong Kong Flower Show]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/%E5%A4%A7%E8%8A%B1%E9%85%A2%E9%86%AC%E8%8D%89_Oxalis_bowiei_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Hong_Kong_Flower_Show-_%2826172038897%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%A4%A7%E8%8A%B1%E9%85%A2%E9%86%AC%E8%8D%89_Oxalis_bowiei_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Hong_Kong_Flower_Show-_%2826172038897%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.