Common names:
Pale pink-sorrel, crimson woodsorrel
Family:
Scientific name:
Oxalis incarnata
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered lowland locations across the UK; most common in Devon and Cornwall. An introduced species, or garden escape
Height:
Stems are up to 30 cm long
Habitat:
Pathways, open woodland, verges, waste ground
Flowers:
Five pale pink to almost white petals, green at the base, with a view short greenish veins radiating upwards. Petals are spreading, and slightly overlapping. At the centre are ten short stamens, of equal length, and a five-lobed pistil
Leaves:
Trifoliate; three hairless, heart-shaped leaflets, on long stalks
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
