Common names:
Sheep's sorrel, red sorrel
Family:
Scientific name:
Rumex acetosella
Main flower color:
Range:
All of the British Isles
Height:
Up to 30 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, beach margins, heaths
Flowers:
Reddish (female flowers) or greenish-yellow (male flowers, with six stamens bearing long thick anthers), arranged in a branched spike, with ridged stalks
Leaves:
Narrow, clasping upper stem leaves and arrow-shaped lower stem leaves (up to 4 cm long), with a pair of small, forwards- or outwards-pointing side lobes at the base. All leaves are stalked
Season:
May to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
