Oxalis psoraleoides

Oxalis psoraleoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Oxalidales
Family: Oxalidaceae
Genus: Oxalis
Species:
O. psoraleoides
Binomial name
Oxalis psoraleoides
Synonyms
  • Acetosella psoralioides (Kunth) Kuntze
  • Acetosella psoralodes Kuntze
  • Oxalis dispar N.E.Br.
  • Oxalis insipida A.St.-Hil.
  • Oxalis lutzelburgii R.Knuth
  • Oxalis psoralioides Kunth

Oxalis psoraleoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae that is native to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil. Carl Sigismund Kunth described the species in 1821. Plants of this species of wood sorrel are perennial, hairy shrubs with large, yellow flowers, leaves with three leaflets, and one-seeded capsules. O. psoraleoides is diploid with a large genome size, and is classified within Oxalis section Psoraleoideae in subgenus Thamnoxys.