Id Please (Solved)

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Id Please (Solved)

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That is Oxalis, a weed if you have not intentionally not grown it.
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i thought so but its flower is different and has quite a few colors including pink and purple.....
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farhan137 wrote:i thought so but its flower is different and has quite a few colors including pink and purple.....
Oxalis comes in variety of colours and is a huge genus, and as you know it comes in purple leaves with pink flowers as well. Not sure what exact Oxalis species is this.
Did you grow it or it grew by chance?
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i purchased seedlings
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It certainly is Oxalis. It is a beutiful plant with lovely flowers, especially in the stones /rockery.
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So i suppose it is oxalis (pink sorrel ).......very true then "somebody's weed is somebody's flower"....thanks Farooq sahab and munir
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They were in a decade ago, but now I do not see the corms on sale.
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