Oxalis family
OXALIDACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Averrhoa carambola Starfruit Sydney September 2006

Oxalis articulata Bent Woodsorrel Morwell Park, October 1993

Oxalis corniculata Creeping Woodsorrel Upper Beaconsfield, Victoria Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens

Oxalis corymbosa Pink Oxalis Sydney, September 2006

Oxalis incarnata Pale Woodsorrel Morwell Park, October 1991

Oxalis pes-caprae Soursob Sydney, October 2006

Oxalis stricta Yellow Woodsorrel Wyee, February 2007

Plants in OXALIDACEAE are food for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Danis danis

Lucia limbaria

Crombrugghia wahlbergi

Homona spargotis

Delgamma pangonia

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Australian butterflies

Plant Classes

Australian moths

(updated 5 October 2011)