Oxalis melanosticta

Oxalis melanosticta, the black-spotted wood sorrel, is a species of flowering plant in the family Oxalidaceae, native to the southwestern Cape Provinces of South Africa.^[1][2] Its cultivar 'Ken Aslet' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]

Oxalis melanosticta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Oxalidaceae
Genus:	Oxalis
Species:	O. melanosticta
Binomial name
Oxalis melanosticta Sond.
Synonyms[1]
Acetosella melanosticta (Sond.) Kuntze