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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rumex acetosella ssp. pyrenaicus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Check out EDDMapS.org to see where this has been reported.
Read more about Sheep Sorrel at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Rumex acetosella
SYNONYMOUS WITH The taxonomy of Acetosella (Love, 1983)
Acetosella vulgaris ssp. pyrenaica
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-001:
Rumex acetosella FAMILY Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rumex acetosella var. pyrenaeus
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acetosella acetosella
COMMON NAME:
Sheep Sorrel, Sourgrass, Red Dock, 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
R. acetosella is rarely found in sandy soils, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm130430_902
April Spartanburg County SC
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rumex acetosella ssp. pyrenaicus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Rumex acetosella
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The taxonomy of Acetosella (Love, 1983)
Acetosella vulgaris ssp. pyrenaica
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-001:
Rumex acetosella
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Rumex acetosella var. pyrenaeus
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Acetosella acetosella
1283
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Pastures, fields, roadsides, rock outcrops, grassy balds, gardens, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Eurasia
Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain)
Click here to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Creamy-yellow/ Pinkish-red
Unisexual
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
5 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p164
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p402
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p395
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p003
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p063
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p295
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p062
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p084
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p321
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p165