Purple-white Sorrel flower plant
Purple sorrel or Shamrock sorrel is a flowering plant in Wood sorrel family that native to Brazil. It also a night sleeping plant like the other Oxalis sorrel plants such as Oxalis stricta or Oxalis Latifolio plants. The plant introduced to Sri Lanka as a pot plant for garden ornamentation. In some countries, plant use as a leaf vegetable but not in Sri Lanka.
| Common Classification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Names | False Shamrock, Purple shamrock, Lucky shamrock, Love sorrel, Triangular sorrel | ||
| Sinhalese Name | Rathu Ambiliya, Sorrel. | ||
| Category | Ornamental | ||
| Scientific Classification | |||
| Scientific Name | Oxalis triangular | ||
| Family | Oxalidaceae | ||
| Genus | Oxalis | Species | O.triangular |
| Synonym | Oxalis regnellii, Acetosella palustris, Oxalis calcaria, Oxalis vernalis | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Growth Habit | SubShrub | Status - Native | Introduced |
| Duration | Annual Perennial | Status (controlling) | N/A |
| Propriety | |||
| Culinary / Edible | No | Other use | N/A |
| Use as Herb | No | Poisoned / Toxin | No |
| Identification | |||
 Flowers of Oxalis triangular |  Leaves of Oxalis triangular | ||
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