Bowie's wood-sorrel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Oxalidales |
Family: | Oxalidaceae |
Genus: | Oxalis |
Species: | O. bowiei
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Binomial name | |
Oxalis bowiei |
Oxalis bowiei, Bowie's wood-sorrel, [1] [2] red-flower woodsorrel, [3] or Cape shamrock, is a plant from the genus Oxalis, which is native to what was Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It has also been naturalized in Australia. [1]
It is named after James Bowie who collected plants for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew at the beginning of the 19th century. [2]
Its flowering stems may be a foot or more in height and are produced continuously for a considerable length of time during summer. [4]