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==Distribution== This species probably comes from southeastern Asia.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Groom|first1=Quentin|last2=Van der Straeten|first2=Jan|last3=Hoste|first3=Ivan|date=2019-02-13|title=The origin of Oxalis corniculata L.|journal=PeerJ|language=en|volume=7|pages=e6384|doi=10.7717/peerj.6384|pmid=30783568|issn=2167-8359|pmc=6377598 |doi-access=free }}</ref> It was first described by [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] in 1753<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/358454|title=Species plantarum|last=von Linné|first=Carl|website=Biodiversity Heritage Library|year=1753|volume=1}}</ref> using specimens from [[Italy]], and it seems to have been introduced to Italy from the east before 1500.<ref name=":0" /> It is now [[cosmopolitan distribution|cosmopolitan]] in its distribution and is often regarded as a [[weed]] in [[garden]]s,<ref name=Hackney92>Hackney, P. 1992. ''Stewart & Corry's Flora of the North-east of Ireland.'' Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast.</ref> agricultural fields, and [[lawn]]s.<ref>[http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7444.html UC Davis IPM]</ref>
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