Photographs: Co.Cork |
Pale Pink-sorrel Solitary pale-pink flowers with darker veins, 5-petalled, long-stalked. Does not set seed. Pale-green tri-foliate leaves, heart-shaped leaflets. Grows from underground bulb, stem bears small bulbils. Hairless. Shady hedgerows, walls, pavement cracks. Occasional garden escape or discard, coastal S and E Ireland. Similar: Pink-sorrel, O. articulata. Deep-pink flowers, larger leaves. Upright Yellow-sorrel, O. stricta |
Pale Pink-sorrel. Co.Cork. April and May 2008