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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
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)
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.
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JK Marlow jkm0304r_25
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
Ssp. pyrenaicus is apparently our predominant naturalized subspecies, per Weakley's Flora (2018).
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JK Marlow jkm0304x_02
April Greenville County SC
Roadside
R. acetosella is rarely found in sandy soils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm130430_902
April Spartanburg County SC
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JK Marlow s040501_a
May Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
Leaves 3-lobed, terminal lobe elliptic to oblong and lateral spurs equal, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm190608_9073
June Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow s000612_a
June Greenville County SC
Roadside
Reddish or greenish flowers in branching leafless racemes, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm160827_707
August Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain
Leaves hastate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm160827_710
August Henderson County NC
Bearwallow Mountain