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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

Up-to-date information can be found elsewhere in Te Ara.

Oxalis, spp. O. rosea is a garden escape with radical trefoil leaves and pink-mauve flowers. This is a pest in gardens where its underground tubers are hard to kill. O. corniculata is a perennial with yellow flowers, common in lowland pastures