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dense infestation (Photo: Trevor James)
habit (Photo: Trevor James)
the branched stems bearing clusters of leaves (Photo: Greg Jordan)
leaves (Photo: Trevor James)
close-up of leaf with three heart-shaped leaflets (Photo: Trevor James)
flower from side-on (Photo: Trevor James)
close-up of pale mauve flower (Photo: Trevor James)
close-up of bulb (Photo: Greg Jordan)
close-up of bulbils forming along the creeping underground stems (Photo: Trevor James)
Scientific Name
Oxalis incarnata L.
Family
Oxalidaceae
Common Names
climbing oxalis, crimson woodsorrel, lilac oxalis, pale oxalis, pale pink sorrel, pale pink-sorrel, pale wood sorrel, pale wood-sorrel, pale woodsorrel, pale-flowered oxalis, sorrel
Origin
Native to southern Africa (i.e. South Africa).
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in many parts of southern Australia (i.e. in eastern New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and south-western Western Australia). Also sparingly naturalised in some parts of southern South Australia.
Naturalised overseas in the UK, New Zealand and south-western USA (i.e. California).
Notes
Pale wood sorrel (Oxalis incarnata) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and as a minor environmental weed in New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia.
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