Field or Sheep Sorrel
Field or Sheep Sorrel
Rumex acetosella
Buckwheat Family - Polygonaceae
For such a relatively short plant, the branching flower stalk is quite long and bears many, tiny, greenish to reddish, 6-parted flowers without petals (male and female flowers on separate plants). Leaves (about ¾ to 2 inches long) alternate, arrowhead-shaped with flaring, pointed lobes towards the base.
(Photographed – June)
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