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Oxalis purpurea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Oxalidales > Family: Oxalidaceae > Genus: Oxalis

Oxalis purpurea

Oxalis purpurea in flower in autumn in recently burnt lowland fynbos between Wolseley and Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Oxalis purpurea

Massed Sorrel, Oxalis purpurea, flowering in winter with Nylandtia spinosa near Clanwilliam, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Oxalis purpurea

A pink form of Oxalis purpurea in flower in autumn in recently burnt fynbos on Du Toits Kloof Pass, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Oxalis purpurea

Oxalis purpurea flowering in winter on dolomite on Namaqualand's Knersvlakte, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Oxalis purpurea

A Rainbow shield bug (Calidea dregii) on an Oxalis purpurea flower in winter in a patch of Renosterveld near Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]