Weed
common sheep sorrel, sheep sorrel, field sorrel, red sorrel
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
Triangular and obovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.
Reddish-brown
AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. are smooth. Floral (calyx) parts are very rough and not winged.
AchenesAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. are mostly covered with rugoseRugose:
Having veinlets sunken and areas in between raised. Wrinkled.
floral structures.
AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat. smooth, pointed at the apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
and blunt at the base, with thin but rounded corners. Calyx usually persists and is rough-textured.
State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Rumex spp.
Polygonaceae
Rumex acetosella L.
Rumex britannica Meisn., non L.
Rumex brittanicus Meisn., orth. var.
Rumex ellipticus Greene
