Citation: Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. Pl. 5:237, t. 467 (1822).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Large-leaved wood-sorrel, fish-tail oxalis.

Description:
Bulbs ovoid to globose, c. 1.5 cm long; tunics light-brown, vertically ridged, often ciliate; bulbils formed from the old bulb on stolons to 4 cm; stem 0; leaves 5-15; petioles 5-20 cm, sparsely hairy, bases modified as scales of the bulb; leaflets 3, cuneate-deltoid with a wide shallow tapering indentation with straight sides, 1-2 cm long, 2-5 cm broad, only a few hairs below and at the margin.

Peduncles slightly longer than the leaves, with c. 10 flowers in an umbel; sepals lanceolate, c. 4 mm long, with 2 calli at the apex; petals pink to purple, white at the base, c. 10 mm long.

Fruit unknown here.

	Oxalis latifolia base with bulbs and leaves.
Image source: fig 386f in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

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

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: There are clones with leaves with rounder lobes and others with bulbils on very short stolons. These plants are rather similar to O. debilis var. corymbosa.

Author: Not yet available