Irish wildflowers
Photographs: Garinish Island, Co. Cork |
Pale Pink-sorrel Oxalis incarnata Family: Oxalidaceae Flowering: May-July. Perennial. Introduced. The solitary pale-pink flowers on long stalks have 5 petals with darker veins but the flowers do not set seed. Hairless pale-green tri-foliate leaves with heart-shaped leaflets. Grows from an underground bulb and the stem bears small bulbils. An occasional garden escape or discard in shady hedgerows, walls and pavement cracks. Mainly found in south and south-east Ireland. Similar: Pink-sorrel, O. articulata. Deep-pink flowers, larger leaves. |
Pale Pink-sorrel, Oxalis incarnata
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