Oxalis bowiei Herb.

Perennial herb with stems hardly exserted; bulbs ovoid, several in a cluster, 1.5–4.6 cm long, tapered, tunics pale brown; bulbils and rhizome absent. Indumentum pilose, of simple glandular hairs. Stipules 6–12 mm long, tapering into petiole, with glandular hairs mainly along the centre and scattered antrorse hairs near margins, the margins hyaline. Leaves basal, 10–20, trifoliolate; petiole usually 5–12 cm long, glandular-hairy; leaflets subsessile, suborbicular to c. rhombic, emarginate (sinus ⅙–⅓ leaflet length), 15–45 mm long, 15–50 mm wide, green, the upper surface glabrous to sparsely pilose, the lower surface often purplish and glandular-pilose, margins ciliate with glandular hairs, lobes rounded with apices 10–30 mm apart; calli absent. Inflorescences basal, 4–14-flowered; peduncles to 35 cm long, much longer than leaves, glandular-hairy; pedicels 10–30 mm long, glandular-hairy. Bracts situated at base of pedicels, linear, 4–9 mm long, calli absent. Sepals lanceolate, 6–11 mm long, glandular-hairy, calli absent. Petals obliquely cuneate, attenuate at base, 9–25 mm long, deep pink/magenta, with greenish yellow base, glabrous. Stamens at 2 levels; filaments pubescent, sometimes with glandular hairs on the upper part. Ovary ± pubescent on the upper part. Styles pubescent below, glandular-pilose above. Capsules not developed in Australia.

Often a weed of gardens, roadsides and other disturbed sites, occasionally invading native vegetation.