Red Sorrel

(Rumex acetosella)

Characteristics

Seedling	Leaves	Flowers	Fruit

Growing habits: Erect, slender rhizomatous perennial herb

Root anatomy: Fibrous, slender, creeping roots from long yellow taproot and rhizomelike roots with buds

Leaf anatomy: Alternately arranged, variable in size, usually 3-lobed, terminal lobe narrowly elliptic to oblong, lateral lobes smaller, triangular, divergent

Reproduction: Dioecious plants, occasionally polygamous, pedicel jointed next to flower, outer tip lanceolate, inner tip in male florets, female florets broadly ovate

_{References: Weeds of the South by Charles T. Bryson and Michael S. DeFelice}