Oxalidaceae
Violet wood-sorrel
Oxalis violacea
- Family
- Oxalidaceae
- Genus
- Oxalis
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- حميض الخشب البنفسجى
- Chinese
- 堇色酢浆草, 紫叶酢浆草
- English
- Violet wood-sorrel, Violet woodsorrel, Shamrock, Sour grass, Sour trefoil
- German
- Westindischer Sauerklee
Synonyms
- Acetosella violacea (L.) Kuntze
- Acetosella violacea var. rosea Kuntze
- Ionoxalis violacea (L.) Small
- Ionoxalis violacea var. trichophora (Fassett) Moldenke
- Oxalis longiflora L.
- Oxalis pulchella Salisb.
- Oxalis violacea f. albida Fassett
- Oxalis violacea f. violacea
- Oxalis violacea var. trichophora Fassett
- Oxalis violacea var. violacea
- Sassia tinctoria Molina
- Sassia violacea (L.) Holub
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos
Photo: Ilona Loser, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Shelby Lyn Sanders, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist Photo: Chris Griggs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Briggs Armstrong, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Angela Cox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jennifer Harris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gmassey3569, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jay Sturner from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dani Datura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Oxalis
- Oxalis triangularisOxalidaceae
- Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosellaOxalidaceae
- Creeping woodsorrelOxalis corniculataOxalidaceae
- Bermuda buttercupOxalis pes-capraeOxalidaceae
- OcaOxalis tuberosaOxalidaceae
- Common yellow oxalisOxalis strictaOxalidaceae
- Windowbox woodsorrelOxalis articulataOxalidaceae
- Purple woodsorrelOxalis purpureaOxalidaceae
- Four-leaved pink-sorrelOxalis tetraphyllaOxalidaceae
- Broadleaf woodsorrelOxalis latifoliaOxalidaceae
- Redwood-sorrelOxalis oreganaOxalidaceae
- Slender yellow woodsorrelOxalis dilleniiOxalidaceae
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.