Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 433 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Pale woodsorrel.

Description:
Bulbs ovoid, c. 1.5 cm long; tunics brown; bulbils formed on the rhizome and in the leaf axils; rhizome 3-8 cm; stem erect, 5-25 cm, branching; leaves crowded at the top of the branches of the stem, 4-10 in pseudo-whorls; petioles 1-5 cm, broadened at the base; leaflets 3, obcordate, 6-10 mm long, 9-12 mm broad, some calli along the upper margin.

Flowers axillary, solitary; sepals oblong, c. 6 mm long, with some short hairs and several converging calli near the apex; petals a pale pinkish-purple, greenish at the base, 14-22 mm long.

Fruits unknown here.

	Oxalis incarnata habit
Image source: fig 385c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Dyer (1958) Flowering Plants of Africa, 32:pl. 1275.

Distribution:  Probably a garden escape. S.Aust.: EP, SL, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   Native to South Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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