Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Common Sorrel, Rumex acetosa, Samhadh bó
Photographs: Co. Cork

Common Sorrel
Rumex acetosa
Samhadh bó
Family: Polygonaceae

Flowering: May-June. Dioecious perennial. Native.

Small red/pink flowers in loose upright spikes. Red, strong-keeled fruiting sepals. Arrow-shaped leaves, 5-12cm long. Basal lobes parallel to stem or in-curving. Erect branched stems. Height: 35-80cm.

Abundant on roadsides, grassland, gardens, wasteground and arable land.

Rumex acetosa subsp. hibernicus has short stems, a compact inflorescence and fleshy leaves with very short stiff hairs. Rarely recorded with scattered records from sand dunes on Irish coasts

Common Sorrel, Rumex acetosa, Samhadh bó

Common Sorrel, Rumex acetosa, Samhadh bó
Common Sorrel, Rumex acetosa, Samhadh bó

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