Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter
Project Noah

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Spotting Image 1
  • photo 1
  • photo

Description:

Bright pink winter flowers about 20mm across.

Habitat:

Public parkland surrounded by dense eucalyptus forest.

Notes:

Common. Introduced to Australia. Naturalised. Cosmopolitan, but centres of diversity in South Africa and South America. Cultivated as an ornamental. An invasive weed here... http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weediden...

1 Species ID Suggestions

+1
DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago
purple woodsorrel
Oxalis purpurea Oxalis purpurea


Sign in to suggest organism ID

4 Comments

sarahaw1981
sarahaw1981 11 years ago

It's being ages since I've seen them, glimpses of childhood memories :-)

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

just found the ID :)

Noah Ranger
alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Lovely, hope your questions get answered!

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 11 years ago

Some oxalis species, for sure
http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weediden...

Sign in to comment
Sign in to see more comments
Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Aug 2, 2012
Submitted on Nov 2, 2012

Spotted for Missions

Related Spottings

Oxalis Oxalis Oxalis Common Yellow Woodsorrel

Nearby Spottings

Psilocybe cubensis Thin Red Bracket Amaurodon mushroom

Reference

Tags

introduced
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team