Common name:
Pink sorrel
Family:
Scientific name:
Oxalis articulata
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered places in England, Wales and south Scotland, often coastal. An introduced species
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Waste ground, verges, gardens, dry grassland
Flowers:
Up to 30 mm in diameter, with five bright pink petals crossed by closely-spaced veins, dark purple towards the base, centred on a group of ten short stamens topped by yellow anthers, and five pistils. Flowers are produced in open clusters, atop a long, leafless stalk
Leaves:
Trifoliate; three obcordate leaflets, covered by very short downy hairs, sometimes orange-spotted below
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
