Scientific Name
Oxalis violacea
Common Name
Violet wood sorrel
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
4 to 8 inches
Flower/fruit:
Rose-purple flowers on stalk rising above the leaves; five flaring petals; green sepals with orange tips
Flowering Season:
Late spring and early summer
Foliage:
Palmately divided leaves with three leaflets; inversely heart-shaped; reddish or purplish underside
Site:
Open woods, banks, rocky ground, prairies
Comments:
Grows from a scaly coated bulb
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