When does Large-flowered Pink-sorrel bloom in Louisiana?

Most often in April. Across 103 dated, research-grade observations of Oxalis debilis in Louisiana, the flowering season runs roughly February to December.

Peak April In flower 103 Examined 108 State Louisiana

Flowering 103 in flower of 108 examined

92%

96%

98%

88%

Proportion of examined Oxalis debilis in Louisiana in flower, by month
Month	In flower	Examined	Share	95% interval
Jan	3	4	too few examined
Feb	12	13	92%	67% to 99%
Mar	24	25	96%	80% to 99%
Apr	49	50	98%	90% to 100%
May	4	4	too few examined
Jun	0	0	too few examined
Jul	0	0	too few examined
Aug	0	0	too few examined
Sep	0	0	too few examined
Oct	3	3	too few examined
Nov	1	1	too few examined
Dec	7	8	88%	53% to 98%

Peak flowering in Apr. Each bar is the share of Oxalis debilis in Louisiana observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 103 of 108 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. 8 months have fewer than 5 examined observations, so no proportion is drawn for them. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.wt38fd.

What this is, and what it is not

This is a record of when people in Louisiana found Oxalis debilis in flower, not a forecast. It is computed only from observations made in Louisiana, so it is not the species’ global average dragged onto a map: the same plant flowers on different dates in different places, and that is the entire point of the page.

It will not tell you what your particular plant will do this year. Bloom time moves with the season, with altitude, and with the weather, and a warm February pulls everything forward. We publish the distribution and the sample size, and we refuse to draw a month that too few people examined.

The plant

Oxalis debilis

Large-flowered Pink-sorrel

Sourcesevery claim on this page

GBIF (iNaturalist Research-grade Observations). Dated flowering annotations in Louisiana. Every record achieved iNaturalist quality grade Research, which is applied upstream at export. 10.15468/dl.wt38fd. Retrieved 2026-07-14.
World Flora Online Plant List. The accepted name. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.