Family | Oxalidaceae

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Gardening | Plant ID

wood-sorrel family

The wood-sorrels often considered shamrocks, are hardy throughout my, hardiness zone 7b-8a, garden. Members of this family typically have divided leaves, the leaflets showing "sleep movements", spreading open in light. Bulbils take on the appearance of a pencil eraser. 

PURPLE OXALIS___________________

Purple Oxalis (Oxalis triangularis)

RED OXALIS

 Oxalis corymbosa DC

WOOD-SORREL 

Wood-sorrel, Oxalis violacea L
Often found in shady yards

The wood-sorrel is a perennial herb. The flower buds or inflorescence are very similar to an umbel, because the pedicels all arise from the same point. They are borne on a long naked peduncle called a scape.

"Oxalis drummondii A. Gray, (for its discoverer, Thomas Drummond, 1780–1835, Scottish botanist and collector in North America), DRUMMOND’S OXALIS. Glabrous perennial; bulb scales 3- ribbed; scapes to 30 cm tall, glabrous, with 4–8 flowers; sepals 5–7 mm long, the apical tubercles ± confluent; petals 15–23 mm long, pinkish purple; capsules 7–9 mm long. Sand or limestone soils, woodlands or prairies; Coryell, Dallas (Reverchon), and Somervell cos., also Brown Co. (HPC) and Fort Hood (Bell or Coryell cos.—Sanchez 1997); South TX Plains and Edwards Plateau, e to Gonz. (Diggs, 1999)

Oxalis violacea L., (violet), VIOLET WOODSORREL. Glabrous perennial; bulb scales 3-ribbed; scapes to 30(–40) cm tall, with 4–19 flowers; sepals 4–6 mm long; petals 14–20 mm long, violet to pinkish purple (rarely white); capsules 4–6 mm long. Sandy open woods, rarely in prairie clay; se and e TX w to West Cross Timbers. Late Mar–early May, repeating sparingly Sep–Oct. and then without leaves. (Diggs, 1999)"*   Native Plant Trust ID

Oxalis Dillenii | Slender Yellow Woodsorrel