Family: Oxalidaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Thrives in tropical climates, with the potential to spread in regions like the Hawaiian Islands with a suitable climate
  
• A weed of disturbance and anthropogenic environments, and often cited as a weed of numerous crops
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Reproduces by seed
  
• Potentially self-compatible
  
• An annual, reaching maturity in <1 year
  
• Seeds dispersed by being ejected some distance from the capsule; possibly also spread by water, or as a crop contaminant

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite designation as a common crop weed, negative impacts to crop yield or productivity have not been specified
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Valued for medicinal uses
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively