What’s the name of this house plant?

I believe this is an Oxalis, also known as the Irish kissed shamrock. They can't stand the cold weather, a hard frost can kill them. You could cut a leaf off and take to a nursery and they can tell, but I'm pretty sure it is Oxalis.

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Oxalis- I have one that's years old :-)

Oxalis for sure...

this is a great indoor plant, really easy care and very forgiving. get them at the grocer around st pat's day. they come also in green with white flowers. if they dry out, just water and they perk right up. they dont have roots per se; they have corms (kind of a tuber) that runs under soil.

I have several of these I start every year for filling in planters or anywhere I can plant them .In the fall just pull a couple out and cut them into several pieces ,roots and all plant and you'll have new plants .Also notice there are small white bulbs that will also grow .

Yup Oxalis!

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It is definitely an Oxalis. There are also green ones. In region 9, they will survive most winters outside without cover but I'm not sure I'd leave them outside in Wisconsin. Go PACK!

A friend shared her Oxalis with me about 8 years ago. At first I put them in my pots, then in late fall I would dig up and split the plant. The plant has clumps of bulbs and I just remove some of them and plant them in my yard. They die down in the winter, but start to bud in spring. I now have over 25 plants in my yard. These do well in shade or sun. If you plant in very sunny area, some of the leaves may looked scorched. I just cut the plant all the way back and it comes back beautiful. It has small pink blooms throughout the spring & summer.

Yup, oxalis

I thought these were shamrocks,. I bought them for St Patrick's day and they were labeled as such. Great house plants!

It's a shamrock

I had one that I called my "butterfly" plant. I kept it on the window sill- they will follow the light through the day and at night they close up and open again in the morning! Great plant!

Shamroc

Shamrock is Oxalis and this is a purple variety. Check it out @

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1241/

Very pretty and fascinating to watch. We have a green one in NZ, and it is a terrible weed here especially in the garden. Just had a thought- Ireland must have been, or is, covered in Green Oxalis, to have it as their emblem.

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As "Artemis New Port Richey, FL" said, a Shamrock is an Oxalis ... it's particularly popular when sold around St Patrick's Day as a "Shamrock" ... one and the same !

And everyone is right!!

This Oxalis goes to town outside in a large pot with other plants. Beautiful!

Oxalis is an edible plant. delicate and tasty added to a salad.

It is oxalis and makes a beautiful outdoor plant. When they started to become available other than just on St Patricks day in the Atlanta area, the advice was to not put in full sun. One of my clients put a few in full sun and they flourished. This was about 20 years and in the past 8 or so years they are available spring through fall at the wholesale greenhouses and some of the nurseries. I can't say enough about this delicate looking plant. It does well in part sun and looks beautiful with autumn ferns, pink begonias, rudbeckia, coneflowers, diamond frost euphorbia and more. It is hardy in the Atlanta metro area, although I always bring a few indoors to admire during the winter. Below are some of the gardens I have designed with this fabulous perennial.

I had to enlarge the last photo to believe my eyes! That green one with the little flowers is our menance in the garden! A weed here, we have both white and yellow flowers.

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It almost always provides the correct identification.

Irish legend claims that St. Patrick used small clover with three leaves called shamrocks to illustrate Christianity’s holy trinity of Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Four-leaf clovers are the result of rare genetic mutations that occur in three-leaved clovers. While clovers with four leaves are considered lucky, they are not considered to be shamrocks by those familiar with and passionate about Irish tradition.

I've seen this growing in Memphis. TN.

It is a shamrock plant

I have these as houseplants. I live in Maine so they would never withstand the cold winters as outside plants. I have both dark plum and green. Did you know the "bulb" increases in size and can be broken into many tiny "bulbs" to create new plants? Just cover lightly with potting soil, keep moist (not soaking wet) and you will have new plants in no time.

I call it a Shamrock. We usually get them in the spring at our local grocery store. they also have green leaves and white flowers. Love light and lots of water.

This is an oxalis, You can put it outdoors in the summer. In WI it will not winter over outside

I love these, mine has little white flowers during the spring and summer. It was given to me by the daughter of an Alzheimer's patient I took care of. I will always remember her. I loved spending time with her, it was almost like playing with dolls.