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Originally Posted by Tiggrx  Sorry this is one of the various clones of Oxalis articulata. Oxalis rosea is an upright annual plant with clusters of rose-pink flowers. Here are some pictures to compare.  
The names O. articulata & O. rosea have been much misused in the past so it is common to find images of O. articulata online or in books labelled as O. rosea |
Damn
Every picture I can find online labelled as
O.rosea is obviously a mis-identified
O. articulata, then, because none of them look anything like the ones you've posted. I'm definitely going to have to try to find a more reliable source to make my identifications from
I'm assuming then, that
this image displayed on John Somerville's British Wild Flowers site is also an error? He does usually double-check the photos on his site, which is why I tend to trust them, but I suppose some will always slip through.