Yellow-eye Wood Sorrel (Oxalis obtusa), another of Melbourne’s strikingly coloured infestations from South Africa’s Western Cape province and Namaqualand. A relative of the ubiquitous Soursob … Read the full post
Large-flower wood-sorrel (Oxalis purpurea)
Large-flower wood-sorrel (Oxalis purpurea), a South African perennial bulb adopted as a garden ornamental. Typically flowering a bright magenta as seen here, white and pale-pink … Read the full post
Bowie’s wood-sorrel (Oxalis bowiei)
Bowie’s wood-sorrel (Oxalis bowiei), a South African species named for a long-dead Kew Gardens collector, and a covert and rarely collected weed of Melbourne and … Read the full post
Soursob (Oxalis pes-caprae)
Soursob (Oxalis pes-caprae), blooming very early in a sheltered position at the Werribee River crossing of the Main Outfall Sewer. This alien wood sorrel poses … Read the full post
Fishtail Woodsorrel (Oxalis latifolia)
Fishtail Woodsorrel (Oxalis latifolia), white-flowering form. Longtime subscribers know that this channel favours Victoria’s heavy complement of wood-sorrel species. Having previously featured the pink-flowering form … Read the full post
Creeping wood-sorrel (Oxalis corniculata)
Creeping wood-sorrel (Oxalis corniculata), in its anthocyanin form (producing red foliage — the species also comes in green). Sometimes cultivated as an edible, lemony green, … Read the full post
Pale wood-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata)
Pale wood-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata), making its second appearance on the channel this year to acknowledge its complete annexation of this Northcote residential yard. The house … Read the full post
Sourgrass or Pink-sorrel (Oxalis articulata)
Sourgrass or Pink-sorrel (Oxalis articulata), a South American colonist brought to Victoria by 1855 (thanks J. and J. Rule, Richmond), recorded naturalised in NSW from … Read the full post
Fishtail Wood-sorrel (Oxalis latifolia)
Fishtail Wood-sorrel (<em>Oxalis latifolia</em>). Only recorded in Victoria from the 1940s, although it was present in other states from at least a somewhat earlier date, … Read the full post
Pale wood-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata)
Pale wood-sorrel (Oxalis incarnata), spilling out of a front garden in Northcote. A late arrival from Southern Africa, the species (also known by common names … Read the full post
Large-flowered or Purple Woodsorrel (Oxalis purpurea)
Large-flowered or Purple Woodsorrel (Oxalis purpurea), a widespread, winter-flowering environmental weed originally brought from South Africa as a garden ornamental. It showed up in Melbourne … Read the full post