Oxalis incarnata
A bulbous wood-sorrel from the winter-rainfall Cape of South Africa. It grows in the cool, wet months and dies back to bulbs for the dry summer. Its upright stems carry trifoliate leaves, pale pink to white flowers and small bulbils, and it has naturalised in mild places such as Britain, Ireland, California and New Zealand.
Where it grows wild
In the Cape it grows in moist, partly shaded places among shrubs and on forest edges. As a garden escape it turns up in shady spots. Habitat detail for the species is thin, so this partly comes from the genus.
Few records carry an elevation. The measured sites look near-coastal and low-lying.
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