Garden Pink-sorrel vs bolsa-de-pastor

Oxalis latifolia compared with Oxalis corniculata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden Pink-sorrel	bolsa-de-pastor
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 latifolia	Oxalis corniculata

Evolutionary Relationship

Garden Pink-sorrel and bolsa-de-pastor share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Oxalis.

Vista Genus: Oxalis

Conservation Status

Garden Pink-sorrel

LC — Least Concern

bolsa-de-pastor

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden Pink-sorrel	bolsa-de-pastor
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

bolsa-de-pastor

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, flooded grasslands and savannas, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 7 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (18 countries), Asia (17 countries), Europe (30 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (11 countries), and South America (7 countries).