"Purple Shamrock" (Oxalis) by R.L. Gibson
"Purple Shamrock" (Oxalis) by R.L. Gibson
"Purple Shamrock" (Oxalis) by R.L. Gibson
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"Purple Shamrock" (Oxalis) by R.L. Gibson

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Three is often the magic number when it comes to Oxalis. The most common species grown as a houseplant is Oxalis triangularis which has three common names, False Shamrock, Purple Shamrock and Love Plant. 

It has three (normally) purple heart shaped leaves, which each have three sides, that sit symmetrically to one another at the end of every petiole (or "stem"). The overall effect is that they end up looking like a trio of butterflies joined together by their noses. These little framed shamrocks (3.75"W×4.75"H) are available & can be shipped anywhere in the U.S.

 

R.L. GIBSON (Rachel) works as a mixed media artist with work in galleries from New York to Los Angeles and collections around the world. A happily-married, mother of one, Gibson lives & works in Marion, Virginia in the southeast United States.  Her practice currently explores work that overlays watercolor with embroidery.  The hand-stitched component of this work lends movement to otherwise still media while paying homage to the band of quilting women she calls family.

See more of Artist R.L. Gibson's work!