General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 12 - 24 inches, to 36 inches with flower stalk.
Fruit: Other: Small, dry achenes; red in color.
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Flower Color: Red
Yellow
Other: Male flowers are yellowish-green, Female flowers are reddish in color.
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Rhizome
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Leaves
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
Ca (Calcium)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Wind
Miscellaneous: Dioecious

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Common names
  • Sheep's Sorrel
  • Red Sorrel
  • Sour Weed
  • Sheep Sorrel

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2014-04-26
Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: April 22, 2023
 Sheep's Sorrel (male flowers) # 428; RAB page 403, 63-2-1; AG pa
Location: Aberdeen, NC 
Date: April 22, 2023
 Sheep's Sorrel (male flowers) # 428; RAB page 403, 63-2-1; AG pa
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: Aberdeen, NC Pages Lake park
Date: May 2, 2023
Sheep's Sorrel (Female flowers) # 428; RAB page 403, 63-2-1; AG p
Location: Aberdeen, NC (my garden 2022)
Date: April 22, 2023
 Sheep's Sorrel (male flowers) # 428; RAB page 403, 63-2-1; AG pa
Location: Gause, Texas
Date: 2020-04-15
Photo taken during initial COVID-19 quarantining down at our rura
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-08-17
Sheep's Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) seedlings.
Location: garden - full sun
Date: 2018-01-02
Weed 1
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Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-14
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-07
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: zone 8 Lake City, Fl.
Date: 2012-03-29
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2012-04-04
Location: Fountain, Florida
Date: 2012-04-04
Location: Garfield, WA
Date: 2007-02-20

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Comments:
  • Posted by dragonfly53 (virginia - Zone 7a) on Apr 25, 2013 12:21 PM concerning plant:
    My local Ag people say that Red Sorrell is a sign of an acidic soil, which is common in our area. I was told this on a tour of our local botanical garden, during a Master Gardener class
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