Pink Wood Sorrel

Species diversity is particularly rich in tropical Brazil Mexico and South Africa.

Pink wood sorrel. The bulbs of this version seems to stay fairly tightly together. It has been introduced in Europe in gardens and is now naturalized in these areas. It has a mounding growth habit and each plant will grow to a.

Decoctions of Wood Sorrel herb are used to relieve hemorrhages and urinary disorders as a blood cleanser and will strengthen a weak stomach produce an appetite and check vomiting. Common name Wood sorrel yellow sorrel pink sorrel or pink shamrock Botanical name Oxalis corniculata O. Flowers of this plant may be partially concealed by the foliage.

Pink wood sorrel Oxalis debilis is a plant you dont want to see growing in your yard despite the gorgeous pinkviolet flowers it produces. Pink wood sorrel or pink wild oxalis is a perennial in mild climates and an annual in areas prone to freezing temperatures. Procumbent Yellow-sorrel Oxalis corniculata with purple leaves see photo on the left is a frequent weed in urban habitat but said to hyper-accumulate copper and perhaps better avoided.

This is a non-weedy selection of Wood Sorrel originating in Japan. Plants form a low mound of bright-green clover-like leaves bearing a display of small bright pink star-shaped flowers for months on end especially in cool summer regions. Oxalis may flower towards the end of spring or in the summer species dependent and they carry cup shaped pink or white flowers.

Wood-sorrels could be confused with Clover but clovers dont have heart shaped leaves and grow in grass and are edible in small amounts. Latifolia Areas affected Beds borders and lawns Main causes Spreads via bulbils and seed Timing Seen and treated in summer. Oxalis ˈ ɒ k s ə l ɪ s American English or ɒ k s ˈ ɑː l ɪ s British English is a large genus of flowering plants in the wood-sorrel family Oxalidaceae comprising about 570 species.

The plant is susceptible to rust disease due to the fungus Puccinia oxalidis. Oxalis articulata known as pink-sorrel pink wood sorrel windowbox wood-sorrel Chari amilo Nepalsourgrass Netho khatta saag India is a perennial plant species in the genus Oxalis native to temperate South America. Keep the afternoon sun off it if you live in the South.