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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Oxalis brasiliensis

A small bulb-forming Oxalis from the grasslands and open ground of southern Brazil, Uruguay and northeastern Argentina, with three-part clover leaves and rose-pink to magenta flowers. It grows in cool, sunny months and can die back to bulbs in heat or drought, so treat it as a cool-season geophyte rather than a year-round foliage plant.

Oxalis brasiliensis
Photo: Hippytiger, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Open grassland, pasture edges, roadsides and disturbed sunny ground in the temperate-subtropical Pampa and southern Atlantic Forest margin; outside its range it naturalises in lawns and gardens.

Native records are mostly lowland to a few hundred metres; the 0–2200 m span includes introduced and doubtful records.

Southern BrazilUruguayNortheastern Argentina

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.