Photographs: Bantry, Co.Cork |
Purple-leaved Yellow-sorrel Umbels of 1-7 small 5-petalled, yellow flowers. Hairy seed capsules. Alternate leaves are trifoliate, dark red-purple or purplish-green. Brittle scrambling or creeping stems, rooting at nodes. Garden and urban weed, wasteground, paths. Introduced garden escape. Similar: Procumbent Yellow-sorrel |
Purple-leaved Yellow-sorrel. Bantry, Co.Cork. May 2008