EPPO Global Database

Oxalis corniculata(OXACO)

Overview
Code created in: 2002-02-25

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: OXACO
  • Preferred name: Oxalis corniculata
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Origin uncertain according to some sources, but given elsewhere as Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (northwest). Introduced in most of Euromediterranean region, Russian Far East, Central Asia (except Turkmenistan), Western Asia (Arabia to Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan, Tibet), Japan, Korea, Africa (except Mauretania, Mali, Niger, Namibia), Madagascar, New Guinea, Canada, USA, South America (Brazil to Argentina), Australia (throughout), New Zealand

WSSA list of weeds in North America


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Oxalis corniculata var. repens (Thunberg) Zuccarini
Oxalis corniculata var. rubrifolia (Makino) Hara
Oxalis repens Thunberg
Xanthoxalis corniculata (Linnaeus) Small

Common names
Name Language
creeping oxalis English
creeping wood sorrel English (US)
Indian sorrel English
procumbent yellow sorrel English
procumbent yellow wood sorrel English (GB)
sleeping beauty English
yellow oxalis English
yellow wood sorrel English
gehörnter Sauerklee German
hornfrüchtiger Sauerklee German
Hornsauerklee German
oxalide corniculée French
oxalis à petites cornes French
oxalis corniculée French
oxalis cornue French
pain de coucou French
pied de pigeon French
surelle jaune French
trèfle jaune French
acederilla Spanish
acederilla Spanish (CR)
acetosa Spanish
agrella Spanish
aigret Spanish
aleluya Spanish
aleluya amarilla Spanish
aleluya de flor amarilla Spanish
aleluya dorada Spanish
chicha fuerte Spanish (CR)
chicha fuerte Spanish
farfala Spanish
hierba mala Spanish
lujula Spanish
pan de cuco Spanish
quitatinta Spanish
trébol acedo Spanish
trifolio acetoso Spanish
vinagrillo Spanish (AR)
yerba de la perdiz Spanish (CL)
acetosella cornicolata Italian
acetosella dei campi Italian
carpigna Italian
ossalide gialla Italian
pancuculo Italian
gehoornde klaverzuring Dutch
bolsa-de-pastor Portuguese
erva-azeda Portuguese
erva-azeda-de-folha-pequena Portuguese
erva-azedinha Portuguese
erva-canária Portuguese
tres-coraç§es Portuguese
três-corações Portuguese (BR)
trevo-azedo Portuguese
trevo-azedo-bastardo Portuguese
trevo-azedo-corniculado Portuguese
trevo-azedo-da-índia Portuguese
trevo-azedo-de-folhas-pequenas Portuguese
brunsyra Swedish
krypoxalis Swedish
aka-katabami Japanese
katabami Japanese
アカカタバミ Japanese
カタバミ Japanese
кислица рожковая Russian
nedliggende surkløver Danish
krypgaukesyre Norwegian
tarhakäenkaali Finnish
sarı ekşiyonca Turkish
chamtzitz katan Hebrew
חַמְצִיץ קָטָן Hebrew
szczawik rożkowaty Polish
szürke madársóska Hungarian
tharbtushë Albanian
uthëllnike në formë briri Albanian
aleluya Aragonese
mingotsa Basque
amrul-shak Bengali
chuka-tripati Bengali
пълзящ киселец Bulgarian
рогчество киселиче Bulgarian
agrelleta silvestre Catalan
agrete Catalan
al·leluia Catalan
líjula Catalan
lújula Catalan
pa de cucut comú Catalan
pa de cucut cornú Catalan
pa de pardalet Catalan
raïmet Catalan
vinagrella Catalan
cù jiāng cǎo Chinese
酢浆草 Chinese
rožičasti cecelj Croatian
šťavel růžkatý Czech
aed-jänesekapsas Estonian
amboti Hindi
amrul Hindi
khati-buti Hindi
seamsóg bhuí Irish
ragainā zaķskābene Latvian
dirvinis kiškiakopūstis Lithuanian
asmanthaka Sanskrit
kushali Sanskrit
златна соца Serbian
kyslička rožkatá Slovak
kysličkovec rožkatý Slovak
rogata zajčja deteljica Slovene
ксантоксаліс рогата Ukrainian