Pink Sorrel

(Oxalis articulata)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habit: Prostrate to erect annual or perennial clumping herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous roots from taproot and scaly bulb-like rhizomes

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, trifoliate with 3 heart-shaped leaflets, green to burgundy color

Reproduction: Showy pink flowers on umbel, 5-petal

^{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}