MICHIGAN WEEDS. 



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Fig. 39 (40). 



Sheep Sorrel. Red- topped Sorrel. Field Sorrel. Rumex Acetosella L. 'An erect, sour.dioecious 

 annual or perennial, spreading by running rootstocks, 10-30 cm. high; leaves mostly narrowly 

 hastate, usually widest above the middle; flowers in erect, interrupted racemes. 



Widely distributed throughout most of North America. Mostly introduced from Europe. In many 

 places a common weed, though it is very scarce in cultivated land of the college farm. 



