JennyC wrote:
"Richard Sterry" wrote in message
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There is a good-quality photo at
http://www.sterry.org.uk/temp/mysteryplant.jpg .

Thanks
Rick

It's Oxalis deppei - likes lots of water.........

Oxalis tetraphylla syn. Oxalis deppei has green leaves with the center of
the leaf reddish brown. It the variety 'Iron Cross' is is very deep. This
is the "four leafed clover". It is a summer bloomer from Mexico. Photo by
Bill Dijk

http://www.ibiblio.org/pbs/pbswiki/f...tetraphylla.jp
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Jenny

Thanks Jenny.

The leaves certainly look a pretty good match to me, but we've never seen
any flowers - we didn't even know if it was a wild plant or a cultivated
one. Interestingly, now that the light is failing, the leaves have folded
down so that the leaf edges touch, which then makes the leaves resemble the
flights of a dart. You can just see this happening on the leaves at the
extreme bottom right of the photo that you pointed to.

If I could figure out what it needs to enable it to flower, I would gladly
do the necessary as it's an interesting little plant.

Thanks again for the ID - I'll do a little Googling now. Thanks also to
anyone else who identified it as an Oxalis.

Bye from Rick