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Oxalis inaequalis

A small bulbous Oxalis from the southern Cape interior, recorded mainly in the Little Karoo and adjacent mountain foothills. Like most Cape Oxalis it is expected to grow through the cool months and die back to its bulb in the hot summer, so it needs a dry summer rest in cultivation.

Oxalis inaequalis
Photo: iNaturalist.org (Di Turner) (Di%20Turner), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets 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

Recorded across the Little Karoo and the inland southern Cape at roughly 550-870 m, an area of succulent karoo and renosterveld scrub on stony or loamy soils. Specific microhabitat notes for this species are not published; this is inferred from the records and from related Cape Oxalis.

Climate sites sit at about 550-870 m; few herbarium records carry an elevation.

Cape Provinces

🔒 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 CC0 licence, unmodified.