Oxalis violacea

Violet Wood-sorrel

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Family: Oxalidaceae (Wood-sorrel family)

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - May (sometimes later with self-pollinating flowers that don't open)

Violet Wood-sorrel is a perennial that has no true stems. Instead, it bears alternate, 3-part leaves atop long, slender petioles. Its purple to violet flowers are borne on peduncles overtopping the leaves. Its flower's sepals are usually tipped with orange glands.

Note that the 'official' blooom time may actually extend into late summer.

3 June 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	3 June 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	3 June 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	1 May 2019 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA (note distinctive pattern on leaves)
20 August 2024 Haymarket, VA (lower stems)	3 June 2014 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, VA	1 May 2019 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA	20 August 2024 Haymarket, VA
20 April 2024 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA	20 August 2024 Haymarket, VA	20 August 2025 Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA

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