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Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
About
Common sorrel or garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa), often simply called sorrel, is a perennial herb in the family Polygonaceae. Other names for sorrel include spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock. It is a common plant in grassland habitats and is cultivated as a garden herb or salad vegetable (pot herb).
- Family
- Polygonaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Sorrel
- Slug
- sorrel
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
- Species
- acetosa
- Category
- Herb
- Wikidata QID
- Q26297
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 48
Generated sections & citations
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