01-05-2024, 12:15 PM
TGIF everyone.
Still going through my archives; this is from early 2019...
It's a variety of Oxalis, often found in my neighborhood in the meter wide strip between the sidewalk and the street.
I think it's a fine-looking little flower, but in some parts of the world is considered an unwanted invasive plant the spreads rapidly by long roots that become runners with numerous bulbs. In Australia, for example, it is definitely persona non grata - when it takes over sheep grazing areas the sheep eagerly consume it but the high concentration of oxalic acid can be fatal to them.
Still going through my archives; this is from early 2019...
It's a variety of Oxalis, often found in my neighborhood in the meter wide strip between the sidewalk and the street.
I think it's a fine-looking little flower, but in some parts of the world is considered an unwanted invasive plant the spreads rapidly by long roots that become runners with numerous bulbs. In Australia, for example, it is definitely persona non grata - when it takes over sheep grazing areas the sheep eagerly consume it but the high concentration of oxalic acid can be fatal to them.
Don't blame me - I didn't vote for him!
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