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Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata Family: Oxalidaceae
Pink-sorrel
Oxalis articulata


Flowering time: May-September. Perennial. Introduced, garden escape.

Common garden escape established in some locations on waste ground, roadsides and rubbish tips.

Umbels of deep pink flowers, sometimes white, 5-petalled. Trifoliate leaves, sometimes orange-spotted below.

Similar: Pale Pink-sorrel, Oxalis incarnata


Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata

Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata

Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata
Pink-sorrel, Oxalis articulata
Canford Cliffs, Dorset. May 2013

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