Oxalis cernua

Common names: Goat's-foot Wood Sorrel, Shamrock, Goat's Foot, Wood-sorrel

Genus: Oxalis

Species: Oxalis caprina

Class: Decandria

Order: Pentagynia

Authority: Thunberg

Modern Genus: Oxalis

Modern Species: Oxalis cernua

Modern Family: Oxalidaceae

Plant Type: perennial

Color: pale violet, rarely white, with pale green throat

Season: spring-early summer

Native Region: S Africa

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum