Botanical name

Oxalis multicaulis

Family

Oxalidaceae

Common Name

Suring
Oxalis multicaulis
Oxalis multicaulis
Oxalis multicaulis

Description

Geophhyte up to 10cm, with an erect leafy stem (rarely branched), densely covered in glandular hairs. Leaves many, arranged in tufts on the upper part of the stem, short-stalked, trifoliolate, leaflets linear-wedge-shaped, the tips notched, hairless above, the margins and lower surface covered in silky, glandular hairs. Flowers terminal, petals white or pink with a yellow tube and a red border below.

Habitat

Seasonally flooded areas

Flower Date

May to August