This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Oxalis violacea.
Wood Sorrel Family. May - June.
Found in rocky places, open woods. Massachusetts to Minnesota and southward.
Pale magenta, sometimes white, 5 divisions, borne in clusters of 3 - 12 terminating a slender stalk 4 - 8 inches high.
Composed of 3 clover-like leaflets borne on slender stems springing from the root.
 
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