Common Sorrel (Rumex acetosa)

Common Sorrel, a reference photo — Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

Sorrel (Rumex acetosa) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Polygonaceae. It is also called common sorrel, meadow sorrel, green sorrel, sour dock, spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock ("dock" often used for the genus).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Common Sorrel being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Rumex thyrsiflorus
Rumex arifolius
Rumex lapponicus
Rumex tuberosus
Rumex intermedius
Rumex acetosella

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: Rumex acetosa

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