#false shamrock

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Friday 5 June 2026

This Oxalis triangularis (purple false shamrock) was thriving on a table in indirect, bright light which keeps the rich colouring of the foliage. The South American clump-forming, bulbous perennial is not hardy but makes an easy house plant.

Jill Raggett

[tvlipsandbread]

It’s blooming it’s blooming it’s blooming🤭

[los-plantalones]

oxalis blooms.

[weird-katthing]

I have finished the first 3

[drhoz]

#2477 - Oxalis sp.

Possibly Oxalis magellanica, which is native to Aotearoa and South America (magellenica as in Straits of Magellan), but while NZ has some native Oxalis species, it has considerably more that aren't. Including Oxalis tuberosa, a staple crop in the Andes and highly popular in New Zealand where they're called yams.

There are some 550 species of Oxalis worldwide, most of them in tropical Brazil, Mexico, and South Africa. The common name wood sorrels refers to their acidic taste (from Oxalic acid) reminiscent of the true sorrel (Rumex acetosa), which is not closely related. Other common names include as false shamrocks, and sourgrasses.

Hāwera, Taranaki, New Zealand

[starisgigil]

1st part of my illustration series "Buns, hands and plants."

🐇☘️✋

[flowerishness]

Oxalis triangularis (Three-leaf purple shamrock, false shamrock)

Same flower - different background.

[oopsallmothman]

all (almost) of the house plants I’ve acquired recently 🥰 🪴 not pictured: big monstera & bby money tree (both in recovery atm so they aren’t too pretty but we still love them 😡)