Crimson woodsorrel vs Garden Pink-sorrel

Oxalis incarnata compared with Oxalis latifolia

Key Differences

• Crimson woodsorrel is Not Evaluated while Garden Pink-sorrel is Least Concern.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Crimson woodsorrel	Garden Pink-sorrel
Kingdom same	Plantae (planta)	Plantae (planta)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)	Oxalidales (Oxalidales)
Family same	Oxalidaceae	Oxalidaceae
Genus same	Oxalis	Oxalis
Species	Oxalis incarnata	Oxalis latifolia

Evolutionary Relationship

Crimson woodsorrel and Garden Pink-sorrel share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxalis.

Conservation Status

Crimson woodsorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Garden Pink-sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Crimson woodsorrel	Garden Pink-sorrel
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Crimson woodsorrel

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (7 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia).

Garden Pink-sorrel

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including flooded grasslands and savannas, deserts and xeric shrublands, and tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (6 countries), Europe (13 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia), and South America (4 countries).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 8 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇬🇧 United Kingdom