| Family | OXALIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxalis purpurea L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 433 (1753) |
| Native Range | Southern Africa |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 50-500m |
| Description | leaves in basal rosette, trifoliolate, leaflets orbiculate, bilobate, green, abaxially purple, ciliate, flowers openly tubular, tube yellow |
| Size | 3-15cm |
| Color | purple, yellow |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuberous perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division of resting tubers |
| Synonyms | Acetosella breviscapa (Jacq.) Kuntze Acetosella laburnifolia (Jacq.) Kuntze Acetosella purpurea (L.) Kuntze Acetosella stictophylla (Sond.) Kuntze Acetosella variabilis (Jacq.) Kuntze Oxalis aemula Schltr. ex R.Knuth Oxalis amoena Salisb. Oxalis arthrophylla Turcz. Oxalis breviscapa Jacq. Oxalis decipiens Schltr. Oxalis fallax Eckl. & Zeyh. Oxalis grandiflora Jacq. Oxalis humilis Thunb. Oxalis inscripta E.Mey. Oxalis laburnifolia Jacq. Oxalis laburnifolia var. latifolia T.M.Salter Oxalis laevigata Willd. Oxalis laxula Jacq. Oxalis mutabilis DC. Oxalis mutabilis var. alba DC. Oxalis mutabilis var. breviscapa DC. Oxalis mutabilis var. laxula (Jacq.) DC. Oxalis mutabilis var. purpurea DC. Oxalis reptatrix Jacq. Oxalis rigidula Jacq. Oxalis sanguinea Jacq. Oxalis speciosa Jacq. Oxalis stictophylla Sond. Oxalis suggillata Jacq. Oxalis variabilis Jacq. Oxalis variabilis var. nana Sond. Oxalis variabilis var. rubra Jacq. Oxalis venusta Lowe |
| Territory | 2 Africa 27 Southern Africa (CPP Cape Provinces, SWZ Swaziland, TVL Northern Provinces) |