"shazzbat" wrote in message
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"Richard Sterry" wrote in message
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Hello all.

Please can anyone identify this plant which grows in a couple of places
alongside the side path of our house, where it's pretty shady and damp?
The
plant pops up from time to time, in a couple of places, and then dies back
only to reappear a few weeks/months later. I don't recall ever seeing it
flower.

It resembles a large four-leaf clover with a purple patch in the centre,
and
stands about 15-20cm high (6-8" in old money). I have not seen it anywhere
else, and no-one I have asked has been able to identify it. Mind you, that
isn't saying much as they are all as ignorant about plants as I am!

There is a good-quality photo at
http://www.sterry.org.uk/temp/mysteryplant.jpg .

Thanks Rick

It looks like an oxalis to me. Has it got small pink flowers?
If you like it it's easy to propagate from the bulbs.
Steve

Link in my [previous post seems incorrect - try
http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/index.php/Oxalis
Jenny