Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata, Seamsóg ghlúineach
Photos: Bantry and Inchidoney, Co. Cork

Pink-sorrel
Oxalis articulata
Seamsóg ghlúineach
Family: Oxalidaceae

Flowering: May-September. Perennial. Introduced.

Long-stalked umbels of deep pink flowers with 5-petals. The trifoliate leaves are sometimes orange-spotted underneath by the rust fungus Puccinia oxalidis. Height to 35cm

A garden escape established in some coastal locations, casual elsewhere on waste ground, roadsides and rubbish tips. Most frequent in SE Ireland

Similar: Pale Pink-sorrel, Oxalis incarnata

Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata, Seamsóg ghlúineach

Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata, Seamsóg ghlúineach
Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata, Seamsóg ghlúineach

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