Oxalis triangularis A. St.-Hil.
Love plant, purple shamrock, false shamrock
Kingdom Plantae Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class Magnoliopsida Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass Rosidae Roses, legumes, proteas, dogwoods, hydrangeas, mistletoes, euphorbias, grapes, many more
Order Geraniales Balsams, mustards, geraniums, wood sorrels, nasturtiums, others
Family Oxalidaceae Wood sorrels
Genus Oxalis Wood sorrels (Oxalis means “sour”)
Species triangularis
About plant names...
False shamrock is a Brazilian native, not found in the wild in North America. (It is possible
that this plant [Oxalis triangularis] and Oxalis regnellii are the same plant .)
Identification: This member of the woodsorrel family is
a popular house plant in North America, though it can also be grown outside in the zones
shown in the range map. Plants reach 8″ (20 cm) in height, sporting deep purple, triangular
leaves in groups of three, draped from tips of delicate stems like purple parasols. (Some varieties
have bluer leaves, or leaves composed of purple and black.) Flowers
are white to pink, with five petals, about ¾″ (1.9 cm) in diameter.
Variegated purple shamrock and its flowers.
Online References:
Wikipedia
Www.indoor-plant-care.com
Wikimedia Commons
Plants for a Future, a resource and information centre for edible and otherwise useful plants
6/17/2012 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 7 × 4½″ (17 × 11 cm)
6/17/2012 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
2/4/2005
Older scientific or horticultural names
Oxalis triangularis f. glabrifolia Chodat
Oxalis papilionacea Hoffmanns. ex Zucc.
Oxalis catharinensis N.E. Br.
Acetosella palustris (A. St.-Hil.) Kuntze
Oxalis vernalis Fredr. ex Norlind
Oxalis oxyptera Progel
Oxalis venturiana R. Knuth
Oxalis tenuis R. Knuth
Oxalis palustris var. major A. St.-Hil.
Oxalis delta Vell.
Oxalis corumbaensis Hoehne
Oxalis yapacaniensis (Kuntze) K. Schum.
Oxalis regnellii var. catharinensis (N.E. Br.) Norlind
Oxalis regnellii Miq.
Oxalis tenuiscaposa R. Knuth
Acetosella catharinensis (N.E. Br.) Kuntze
Oxalis glaberrima Norlind
Oxalis triangularis subsp. triangularis
Oxalis palustris A. St.-Hil.
Oxalis triangularis description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 25 May 2020.
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2/26/2012 · Joy and Jim’s, Manfield, Massachusetts · ≈ 8 × 5″ (19 × 13 cm)
8/29/2010 · Joy and Jim’s, Mansfield, Massachusetts · ≈ 11 × 7″ (27 × 18 cm)
6/17/2012 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
6/17/2012 · Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 6 × 4″ (15 × 10 cm)
2/26/2012 · Joy and Jim’s, Manfield, Massachusetts · ≈ 3 × 4½″ (7.9 × 11 cm)
Range: Zones 8a-11:
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