Pale Pink-sorrel - Oxalis incarnata

Similar to Wood-sorrel, but unlike Wood-sorrel, when the Pale Pink-sorrel flower is open, the petals flare outwards. The single flowers on single stems are a pale lilac, almost white. There are no yellow markings on the inner of the petals. The bright green leaves have three heart shaped leaflets.

Sometimes found as a garden escape and close to habitation, it may persist, at least for a while, on waste ground, walls and verges.

Flowering June to September.

Perennial – the flowers only open fully in full sun.

Widespread but not often recorded as a wild flower in Britain.

Rare or rarely recorded as a wild plant in Leicestershire and Rutland. It was not recorded in the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire.