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Scientific Name
Synonyms
Family
Common Names
Origin
Naturalised Distribution
Notes
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habit (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

leaves (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

close-up of leaf with three leaflets (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

flowers (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)

Oxalis bowiei

Scientific Name

Oxalis bowiei Ait. ex G. Don

Synonyms

Oxalis bowieana Lodd.
Oxalis bowiei Herb. ex Lindl.
Oxalis purpurata Jacq. var. bowiei (Herb. ex Lindl.) Sond.

Family

Oxalidaceae

Common Names

Bowie wood sorrel, Bowie wood-sorrel, Bowie's wood sorrel, oxalis, red-flower woodsorrel

Origin

Native to southern Africa (i.e. Natal and Cape Province in South Africa).

Naturalised Distribution

This species is becoming widely naturalised in parts of southern Australia (i.e. in eastern New South Wales, in many parts of South Australia, in southern Western Australia and sparingly naturalised in Victoria).

Notes

Bowie's wood sorrel (Oxalis bowiei) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and Western Australia.