Oxalis purpurea
Grand Duchess Sorrel
Flowering time: May to September.
Lots flowering near the pool.
"Acaulescent geophyte, bulb large, gummy. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets transversely obovate, ciliate, hairy and purple beneath, black-streaked when dry. Flowers purple, yellow or white with yellow tube. May--Sept. Flats and slopes, 50--500 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand and W Karoo to Port Elizabeth)." GOLDBLATT, P. and MANNING, J. 2000. Cape Plants. A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.
