Oxalis versicolor
The candy-cane sorrel of the southwestern Cape: a small bulbous Oxalis whose white flowers have red-striped margins, so the furled buds look like peppermint sticks. It grows in the Mediterranean-type winter rains and is dormant through the dry summer. Grow it cool and bright in winter and keep the bulbs dry in summer.
Where it grows wild
Grows in fynbos and renosterveld on sandy flats, slopes and rocky spots, often in open ground.
Mostly near sea level, median about 65 m, recorded up to about 910 m.
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