Citation: Lodd., Bot. Cab. 20:t. 1962 (1833).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Bulbs globose, c. 1 cm diam.; tunics whitish, vertically ridged, ciliate with long hairs; bulbils produced from the old bulb on stolons to 15 cm; stem 0; leaves c. 15; petioles 4-10 cm, with a few hairs, bases modified as scales of the bulb; leaflets 3, cuneate-deltoid to obcordate, 1-2.5 cm long, 1-3 cm broad, lightly notched, glabrous or with some hairs above, more or less pubescent below, mostly ciliate.

Peduncles 8-15 cm, with 1-3 flowers; sepals lanceolate, 6-7 mm long, sparsely pubescent, 2 calli at the apex; petals pink to purple, c. 20 mm long.

Fruit unknown here.

	Oxalis brasiliensis habit
Image source: fig 386d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  Probably a garden escape. S.Aust.: SL, SE.   N.S.W.   Native to South America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: July — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The name for this species is that used by Lourteig (MS, 1980). However, as the type publication consists only of a poor illustration without a description, some recent authors, treating this as invalid, have used the name O. braziliensis Knowles & Westc. (1838) Fl. Cab. 2:67.

Author: Not yet available