General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Flowers: Showy
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Other: Blooms intermittently throughout the year; some oxalis will bloom all year if given enough light
Uses: Groundcover
Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Toxicity: Other: All plants containing oxalic acid can be toxic to humans if enough is ingested.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Offsets
Bulbs
Other: bulblets, tubers
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Silver Butterfly Oxalis
  • Wood-Sorrel
  • Love Plant
  • Purpleleaf Shamrock
  • False Shamrock
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Oxalis triangularis subsp. papilionacea
  • Synonym: Oxalis regnellii
  • Synonym: Oxalis papilionacea
Also sold as:
  • Oxalis regnellii 'Triangularis'
  • Oxalis regnellii var. triangularis

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Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2024-03-29
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2024-03-27
Location: Sebastian,  Florida
Date: 2024-03-27
Location: Fairfax, VA
Uploaded by Hamwild

Date: 2018-04-12

Date: 2018-04-12
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Delft
Date: 2017-09-20
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Delft
Date: 2017-09-20
Location: Botanical Garden of the Technical University of Delft
Location: Fairfax, VA | October 2022
Plant Events from our members
MySecretIslandGarden On February 19, 2023 Bloomed
I received a pot of "shamrocks" a few years ago and have introduced it into my garden. When I am weeding/cleaning up in my garden I occasionally find corms/bulbs and just stick them in the ground in various spots and they have all taken very well.
MySecretIslandGarden On December 12, 2022 Bloomed
MySecretIslandGarden On August 17, 2022 Bloomed
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