POL YGONACE^— BUCKWHEAT 



FAMILY 



FIELD-SORREL. RED SORREL. SHEEP-SORREL «- 



Rumex acetosella 



Rumex, the ancient Latin name, of unknown etymology. 



Perennial by running root- 

 stock. Naturalized from 

 Europe. Easily recognized by 

 its arrow-shaped leaves. 

 Abundant everywhere. May, 

 June. 



Stems.— 'Six to twelve inches 

 high, slender and branched 

 above, angular and furrowed, 

 tufted. 



Leaves .—EdiSdX leaves lance- 

 olate-hastate, one to two in- 

 ches long, on long petioles, 

 agreeably acid. Upper stem- 

 leaves greatly reduced, nearly 

 linear and without ears. 



Flowers. — Dioecious, that 

 is, of two kinds, staminate and 

 pistillate; small, crowded in 

 paniculate racemes; yellowish 

 red and reddish purple, borne 

 in whorls along the flowering 

 stems. 



Field-Sorrel. Rumex acetosella 



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