Vegetable
garden 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.
EllipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
, triangular in cross section
Reddish-brown; base tip is yellow.
Smooth
Ridges on the 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. are acute and sharp.
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. is free of most floral parts. Longitudinal ridges are sharply angled in cross section. Both apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
and base are pointed.
State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet, Rumex spp.
Polygonaceae
Rumex acetosa L.
