Garden Pink-sorrel vs Wood sorrel

Oxalis latifolia compared with Oxalis triangularis

Key Differences

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

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Garden Pink-sorrel	Wood sorrel
Kingdom same	Plantae (bitki)	Plantae (bitki)
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 triangularis

Evolutionary Relationship

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

Conservation Status

Garden Pink-sorrel

LC — Least Concern

Wood sorrel

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Garden Pink-sorrel	Wood sorrel
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).

Wood sorrel

Habitat

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

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Seychelles), Asia (India), Europe (4 countries), North America (Cuba, United States), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 8 countries:

🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇮🇳 India 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇪 Sweden