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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)
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.
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