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Species profile—Oxalis pes-caprae (soursob)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → OxalidaceaeOxalis pes-caprae (soursob)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Oxalidaceae
Scientific name
Oxalis pes-caprae L.
Common name
soursob
WildNet taxon ID
12737
Alternate name(s)
African wood sorrel
yellow-flowered oxalis
yellow sorrel
variable wood sorrel
South African wood sorrel
soursop
sourgrass
sorrel
oxalis
large yellow soursob
drooping wood sorrel
cape cowslip
buttercup oxalis
Bermuda buttercup
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=12737.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022