Common name:
Common sorrel
Family:
Scientific name:
Rumex acetosa
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the UK
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, open woodland
Flowers:
Reddish, dioecious; female flowers have thin wings around a greenish centre, which enlarges to form the fruit, while male flowers have a central disc bearing yellowish stamens. Flowers are produced in dense, branched, elongated clusters
Leaves:
Arrow-shaped, up to 10 cm long, hairless and shiny, on stalks near the base, sessile above
Season:
May to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
