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Oxalis barrelieri

A shrubby, upright tropical Oxalis from lowland Central and South America and the Caribbean, often found as a weed of clearings, roadsides and disturbed ground. It wants warm, humid, bright conditions all year and has no dormancy, so it is one of the easier Oxalis to keep growing indoors.

Oxalis barrelieri
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in open or lightly shaded disturbed sites in humid lowland tropics: forest edges, gaps, roadsides and gardens. Its weedy spread across the Pacific and Africa shows it likes open, fertile, moist ground. Little is published on its wild microhabitat, so this is inferred from its distribution and weedy habit.

Mostly lowland: records run from sea level to about 2,100 m, with a median of 171 m.

BrazilPuerto RicoCosta RicaFrench GuianaPanamaColombiaDominican RepublicBoliviaGuyanaTrinidad and TobagoNicaraguaEcuadorPeruVenezuelaSurinameGuatemala

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.