What is this plant? Found in my yard in Sydney Australia
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Sounds like Oxalis latifolia it is a common invasive species in australia.
(I am no expert so take my ID with a grain of salt)
This is based on the large leaves with a fishtail shape and the purple pink old flowers. also it seems it does not spread by seed rather it "reproduces by bulbs and bulbils produced from the underground stems." source
Yes thats it, the images in the linked Wikipedia page look exactly like the plants in my yard thanks 😸
That said, I'm here from All, have no expertise in identifying plants, and am doubly unfamiliar with Australian flora, so take the above with a biiig grain of salt.
Automatic identification via PlantNet summary
Most likely match: Oxalis latifolia Kunth
Common name
Scientific name
Likeliness
Broadleaf woodsorrel
Oxalis latifolia
67.50 %
Pink Sorrel
Oxalis articulata
13.91 %
Violet woodsorrel
Oxalis violacea
9.55 %
Pink woodsorrel
Oxalis debilis
1.56 %
Purple shamrock
Oxalis triangularis
0.65 %
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Sounds like Oxalis latifolia it is a common invasive species in australia.
(I am no expert so take my ID with a grain of salt)
This is based on the large leaves with a fishtail shape and the purple pink old flowers. also it seems it does not spread by seed rather it "reproduces by bulbs and bulbils produced from the underground stems." source
Yes thats it, the images in the linked Wikipedia page look exactly like the plants in my yard thanks 😸