Botanical name

Oxalis stellata var. glandulosa

Family

Oxalidaceae
Oxalis stellata var. glandulosa
Oxalis stellata var. glandulosa
Oxalis stellata var. glandulosa
Oxalis stellata var. glandulosa
Oxalis stellata var. glandulosa

Description

Geophyte up to 9cm with a beaked bulb. Leaves are terminal, trifoliolate, each leaflet deeply bilobed. Flowers 3-6 per flower stalk, rosy or white with a yellow tube.

Latin: stella = star, stellate, like the rays of a star; referring to the flower's star-like appearance.

 

Habitat

Flats and lower slopes, altitude 50-400m

Flower Date

April to June