| Family | OXALIDACEAE |
| Genus species | Oxalis tetraphylla Cav. |
| Bibliography | Icon. 3: 19 (1795) |
| Native Range | Mexico to Central America |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Description | leaves in rosette, long petiolate, leaflets 4, ovate to orbiculate, green, purple bordered, glabrous, denticulate, flowers in small umbels, openly campanulate |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | brownish red |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 deppei (Lodd. ex Sweet) Kuntze Acetosella tetraphylla (Cav.) Kuntze Ionoxalis cuernavacana Rose Ionoxalis deppei (Lodd. ex Sweet) Small Ionoxalis divaricata Small Ionoxalis mucronata Rose ex Small Ionoxalis scopulorum Rose Ionoxalis tetraphylla (Cav.) Rose Oxalis cuernavacana (Rose) R.Knuth. Oxalis deppei Lodd. ex Sweet Oxalis hayi R.Knuth Oxalis mucronata (Rose ex Small.) R.Knuth Oxalis pseudotetraphylla R.Knuth Oxalis scopulorum (Rose) R.Knuth Oxalis tlalpamensis Knuth Sassia tetraphylla (Cav.) Holub |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala, PAN Panamá) |