Rumex acetosa
Common name
sorrel
Family
Polygonaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
RUMACT
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Year naturalised
1855
Origin
Temperate Eurasia
Etymology
rumex: Sorrel
acetosa: From the Latin acetosus ‘sour’