Oxalidaceae
Tenleaf woodsorrel
Oxalis decaphylla
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Genus
- Oxalis
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 十叶酢浆草
- English
- Tenleaf woodsorrel, Ten-leaf wood-sorrel, Ten-leaf woodsorrel
- German
- Zehnblättriger Sauerklee
- Welsh
- Suran ddeg deilen
Synonyms
- Acetosella decaphylla (Kunth) Kuntze
- Ionoxalis confusa Rose
- Ionoxalis decaphylla Rose
- Ionoxalis furcata Rose
- Ionoxalis grayi Rose
- Ionoxalis jaliscana Rose
- Ionoxalis occidentalis Rose
- Ionoxalis painteri Rose ex Small
- Oxalis confusa (Rose) R.Knuth
- Oxalis furcata (Rose) Rose ex R.Knuth
- Oxalis grayi (Rose) R.Knuth
- Oxalis jaliscana (Rose) Rose ex R.Knuth
- Oxalis painteri (Rose ex Small) R.Knuth
- Oxalis zacatecasensis R.Knuth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.