Rumex acetosa L., 1753

Common names

🇬🇧 Garden Sorrel
🇫🇷 Patience oseille, Oseille des prés, Rumex oseille, Grande oseille, Oseille commune, Surelle

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superasterids
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Polygonaceae
Subfamily: Polygonoideae
Tribe: Rumiceae
Genus: Rumex
Species: Rumex acetosa

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

R. acetosa subsp. acetosa L., 1753, P;
R. acetosa subsp. biformis (Lange) Castrov. & Valdés Berm., 1976, Q;
R. acetosa subsp. hibernicus (Rech.f.) Akeroyd, 1989;
R. acetosa subsp. islandicus (Á.Löve) Ö.Nilsson, 1996;
R. acetosa subsp. vinealis (Timb. & Jeanb.) O.Bolòs & Vigo, 1974.

Photographs

img/rumex-acetosa.webp — Rumex acetosa

img/rumex-acetosa-2.webp — Rumex acetosa

img/rumex-acetosa-3.webp — Rumex acetosa - Leaf

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 921). Biotope.