Pink-sorrel

Information on Pink-sorrel

Common Name: Pink-sorrel
Scientific Name: Oxalis articulata
Irish Name: Seamsóg ghlúineach
Family Group: Oxalidaceae
Distribution: View Map (Courtesy of the BSBI)
Flowering Period


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Pink-sorrel is not easily confused with other wild plants on this web site.


This is a tufted, hairy perennial with 5-petalled pink flowers (15-25mm) which grow in umbels on long stalks.  The leaves are like those of Wood Sorrel, trifoliate, each heart-shaped leaflet marked with little orange or brown spots.  It flowers from May to September, is an introduction and belongs to the family Oxalidaceae.  

I first knew this plant as a garden plant but found it growing as a 'garden escape' in  Ringsend, Co Dublin and also at Tacumshin, Co Wexford, both in 2008.  It was photographed at Ringsend.  

If you are satisfied you have correctly identified this plant, please submit your sighting to the National Biodiversity Data Centre

Originally from South America, this plant has now become naturalised and can frequently be found on disturbed ground and waste sites.

Pink-sorrel
Pink-sorrel
Pink-sorrel
Pink-sorrel