Shamrock

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!

Oxalis stricta I think. Several species in the Oxalis genus are sometimes called shamrocks though they are not clover according to Wikipedia. Not this one specifically, but it still has a great shamrock shape, its probably just not big enough. Another shot shows its flower.

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  1. Lunanera 76 months ago | reply

    Wow! Happy st. Patrick's day!

  2. T, N & J Politi 76 months ago | reply

    Great for today
    Found on

  3. lisaluvz 76 months ago | reply

    Excellente....love the vibrancy!
    Happy St. Paddy's!
    my madeup shamrock !

  4. GGoddessS 76 months ago | reply

    This is Excellent!
    Thanks for sharing Happy St.Patrick's Day
    with the 24 Hour Thread at
    The World Through My Eyes.

  5. blmurch 76 months ago | reply

    perfect photo of the week.

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  6. ♥babybee 76 months ago | reply

    Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, too. What perfect photo for the occasion.

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  7. nels1 76 months ago | reply

    love the nice touch with the dewdrop!

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  8. AsianTulip 75 months ago | reply

    Such a dreamy atmosphere.. perfect.

  9. Pia's birdseye view 71 months ago | reply

    This one for wallpaper contest

  10. mai anne 61 months ago | reply

    great color. i like the dew drop very much.

    so that's what it's called -- shamrock... i have a photo of the plant too, but since i don't know what it's called, i just assumed it is clover. check out my lucky four-leaf (well, more like three-and-a-half) clover --

    Four-Leaf Clover

  11. jciv 61 months ago | reply

    I don't think it is usually called Shamrock, but it was the closest I could find around here. This year I grew my own real clover.

  12. cosbystudio 52 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Trifoliate Plants, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  13. .~♥Aimee♥~. [deleted] 47 months ago | reply

    beautiful clover

  14. Stephanie / seenonflickr 40 months ago | reply

    Hi, I'm an admin for a group called look what I saw on Flickr!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

  15. mikescottnz-away for a momth 27 months ago | reply

    Good minute detail...Happy St Paddys day too.

    The shamrock (♣) is a symbol of Ireland. It is a three-leafed old white clover. The name shamrock is derived from Irish seamróg, which is the diminutive version of the Irish word for clover (seamair).

    It is sometimes of the variety Trifolium repens (white clover, Irish: seamair bhán) but today usually Trifolium dubium (lesser clover, Irish: seamair bhuí). However, other three-leafed plants—such as Medicago lupulina, Trifolium pratense, and Oxalis—are sometimes designated as shamrocks. The shamrock was traditionally used for its medical properties and was a popular motif in Victorian times.

  16. Selena de l'amour ♥ [deleted] 27 months ago | reply

    Nice!

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