Pale Pink-sorrel - Oxalis incarnata
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Species Description
Widespread and scattered throughout the UK, being mainly coastal. It is most common in the south (especially the south-west). Habitat includes: Disturbed, shaded sites near habitation such as gardens (sometimes escapes), hedge-banks, stone walls, pavement etc. Growing habit: Bulbous Perennial with annual erect branching stems. Flowers: June to September. Height: Up to 20 cm. It does not set seed, but spreads by bulblets produced in the axils of aerial stems. It was cultivated in Britain by 1739 and first recorded in the wild by 1912 (Middlesex). Native to South Africa.
Stace 4:
Oxalis incarnata L. - Pale Pink-sorrel.
Bulb-producing annual, erect, branched stem to 20cm with axillary sessile bulblets; leaflets 3, obcordate, with rounded margins and obtuse to subacute sinus, more or less glabrous; flowers pale mauvish-pink with darker veins, 12-20mm, solitary; (2n=14). Neophyte-naturalised; weed of cultivated ground, walls and banks; frequent in South West England and Channel Islands, more scattered elsewhere in British Isles; South Africa. Other names include: Crimson Wood-sorrel.
Key:
- Stem aerial, more or less erect, bearing leaves
- Stem arising from bulb and producing axillary aerial bulbs; inflorescences 1-flowered
Useful Links:
Online Atlas of the British and Irish Flora