Oxalis spp. is toxic to cats, dogs and horses. The reported severity is critical. Also known as Woodsorrels, Palmate-Leaved Oxalis and Woodsorrels, Quandongs, and Allies.
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Kidney Failure Tremors Drooling Colic Weakness Depression Recumbency Coma
The color of each symptom follows the severity scale above.
Oxalis is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family, Oxalidaceae, comprising over 550 species. The genus occurs throughout most of the world, except for the polar areas; species diversity is particularly rich in tropical Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa.
Also recorded as Sorrel, Sorrels, Suurings, Wood Sorrel, Wood-sorrels and billy goat grass.
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Countries with the most wild observations, from GBIF data.