Plant ID please

Polly 5 · March 2022

I'm a bit stumped whether this plant is Wood Sorrel or a type of Oxalise. It has vibrant green leaves shaped like a Shamrock and delicate white flowers with the merest hint of blue. It doesn't die back and is flowering now. This is one of those plants that I don't remember buying and they have spread all over the garden, very pretty , any ideas please? Pics are a little blurred.

Desi_in_London · March 2022

Not an expert but I was under the impression wood sorrel was part of the oxalis family and the plant looks like it to me?

Silver surfer · March 2022

Oxalis acetosella....common name Wood sorrel.

Quote Plantlife..

"A low, creeping herb, with long-stalked, light green, trefoil-shaped leaves. The flowers have five white petals, veined in lilac or purple."

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Polly 5 · March 2022

Thank you for the help guys, I didn't know that "Sorrel" was in the oxalis family. Thanks again.

Liriodendron · March 2022

Sorry, @Silver surfer , but I think it's Oxalis incarnata, not wood sorrel. It's a garden escape in western Ireland - and as @Polly 5 says, unlike the native Oxalis acetosella, it doesn't die down after flowering.

Silver surfer · March 2022

Liriodendron said:

Sorry, @Silver surfer , but I think it's Oxalis incarnata, not wood sorrel. It's a garden escape in western Ireland - and as @Polly 5 says, unlike the native Oxalis acetosella, it doesn't die down after flowering.

Liriodendron Thanks for the correction.
Not one that I have come across.

Quote wiki....
"Oxalis incarnata is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family known by the common names pale pink-sorrel and crimson woodsorrel. It is native to southern Africa, but it can be found on other continents where it is an introduced species, often the descendant of garden escapees."

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