Scientific Name: Oxalis adenophylla
Common Name: silver shamrock
Family Name: Oxalidaceae
Origin: South America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: < 0.1m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Mounded
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Perennial border, Rock garden, Spring interest
Exposure: Filtered shade, Deep shade
Soil or Media: Humus rich
Leaves: Compound, Basal, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Digitate (palmate), Obovate, Entire
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Purple, Pink, May
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Jun
Key ID Features:
Clump forming bulbous perennial to 10cm tall; leaves basal with 7-9(-22) heart-shaped leaflets; flowers pinkish-purple, to 2.5cm wide, with 5 petals and dark veined.