About Oxalis bowiei W.T.Aiton ex G.Don
Oxalis bowiei, commonly called Bowie's wood-sorrel, red-flower woodsorrel, or Cape shamrock, is a species in the plant genus Oxalis. It is native to the former regions of Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, and has become naturalized in Australia. The species was named for James Bowie, who collected plants for the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in the early 19th century. Its flowering stems can reach at least one foot in height, and flowering stems are produced continuously over a long period of time during summer.
