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Photographer: Botanical Illustration
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Family Polygonaceae
Rumex acetosa L.
Green sorrel
Rumex: the ancient Latin name for the docks or sorrels
acetosa: bitter
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - rarely escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-40" tall forb; stems usually unbranched to the inflorescence; from stout roots |
| Flower: | red, 6-parted, stalk jointed about midway; inflorescence a 4"-8" open, branched cluster with 1 to a few flowers per whorl; blooms May-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dark brown, dry seed |
| Leaf: | oblong; mostly arrow-shaped; lower long-stalked, upper mostly stalkless; acidic taste |
| Habitat: | dry; disturbed |
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