Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Read more about Sheep Sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-001:
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rumex acetosella var. acetosella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acetosella acetosella
COMMON NAME:
Sheep Sorrel, Sourgrass, Red Sorrel, Field Sorrel
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JK Marlow jkm0304p_32a
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
In several respects a smaller version of R. hastatulus, without sepal wings, per Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
JK Marlow jkm0304r_25
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
R. acetosella is rarely found in sandy soils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm160827_707
August Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Well-developed lvs w sagittate base (lobes point down, ~ parallel to petiole), per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-001:
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDING
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rumex acetosella var. acetosella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acetosella acetosella