Rumex acetosa

Garden sorrel, Dock, Supermarket sorrel, Sheep's sorrel

PolygonaceaeLeavesSeeds/NutsFlowersShootsScore: 37/100Potential hazards — see below

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Leaves, Flowers, Seeds, Vegetable,Stems

Leaves can be eaten raw or cooked. They have a delicious lemon-like flavour appreciated by most people, though they can be overpowering in quantity and are generally best used as a flavouring in mixed salads. They can also be cooked as a potherb, pureed into soups, or dried for later use. Leaves are often available through winter, particularly in mild conditions or with light protection. They should be used sparingly in the diet. Flowers can be cooked as a vegetable or used as a garnish. The root is cooked, then dried, ground into a powder, and made into noodles. Seed can be eaten raw or cooked — ground into a powder and mixed with other flours to make bread. The seed is easy to harvest but small and fiddly to work with. Leaf juice can be used as a curdling agent for milk.

Known Hazards

Plants can contain quite high levels of oxalic acid, which is what gives the leaves of many members of this genus an acid-lemon flavour. Perfectly alright in small quantities, the leaves should not be eaten in large amounts since the oxalic acid can lock-up other nutrients in the food, especially calcium, thus causing mineral deficiencies. The oxalic acid content will be reduced if the plant is cooked. People with a tendency to rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity should take especial caution if including this plant in their diet since it can aggravate their condition.

Dangerous Lookalikes

This plant can be confused with the following toxic species. Always verify identification carefully before consuming any wild plant.

TOXIC

Lords-and-Ladies (Cuckoo Pint)

Arum maculatum

SAFE

Garden sorrel

Rumex acetosa

Lords-and-Ladies (Cuckoo Pint): Rounded lobes at leaf base, often dark-spotted leaves, distinctive hooded flower (spadix), bright red berries in autumn.

Garden sorrel: Sour lemony taste, pointed arrow-shaped leaves with backward-pointing lobes.

Where to Find It

It is a cold temperate plant. It is cultivated in Java. It grows in wetlands. In Pakistan it grows between 2,000-4,500 m altitude. It suits hardiness zones 6-7. It grows in Sichuan and Yunnan.

Africa, Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Asia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Balkans, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, Caucasus, Central Asia, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Europe*, Falklands, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Greece, Greenland, Haiti, Himalayas, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, North Africa, North America, Norway, NW India, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scandinavia, SE Asia, Serbia, Siberia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, South America, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Turkey, Türkiye, Ukraine, USA, West Indies,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Paraguay, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

A small plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 50-100 cm high and spreads 30-40 cm wide. It forms clumps. The leaves are broad and spear-shaped. The veins run from the midrib to the edge of the leaf. The ears at the base of the leaf are smaller. The leaves are 15 cm long. The flowers are small and red on long stalks. There are some named cultivated varieties.

Nutrition Score: 37/100

Part	Moisture	kJ	kcal	Protein	Vit A	Vit C	Iron	Zinc
Leaves	92	22	2	400	48	2.4	—	—

How to Grow

A very easily grown and tolerant plant, it succeeds in most soils, preferring a moist moderately fertile well-drained soil in a sunny position. Shade tolerant. Established plants are tolerant of considerable neglect, surviving even in dense weed growth. Sorrel has been used since ancient times as a food and medicinal plant. It is still occasionally cultivated for its edible leaves, there are some named varieties. The plant stops producing leaves when it flowers in the summer, regrowing after the seed has set. Plants also usually die down in the winter. Cutting down the flowering stem will encourage the growth of fresh young leaves. 'Blonde de Lyon' has large, only slightly acid leaves and is much less likely to flower than the type. This means that the leaves of this cultivar are often available all through the summer and are often also produced throughout the winter, especially if the winter is mild. A food plant for the caterpillars of many species of butterfly, it is a good plant to grow in the spring meadow. Dioecious. Male and female plants must be grown if seed is required.

Propagation: Sow seed in spring in situ; leaves can be harvested within 8 weeks of sowing. Division in spring is straightforward and can be done at almost any time of year, though plants establish more quickly when divided in spring. Use a sharp spade or knife to divide the rootstock, ensuring at least one growth bud per section. Larger divisions can go directly into permanent positions. Smaller divisions are best potted up and grown on in a lightly shaded cold frame, then planted out once well established in summer.

Medicinal Uses

The fresh or dried leaves are astringent, diuretic, laxative, and refrigerant. They are used to make a cooling drink for treating fevers and are particularly valued for treating scurvy. Leaf juice mixed with fumitory has been used as a remedy for itchy skin and ringworm. An infusion of the root is astringent, diuretic, and haemostatic, and has been used to treat jaundice, gravel, and kidney stones. Both roots and seeds have been used to stem haemorrhages. A paste of the root is applied to help set dislocated bones. The plant is also depurative and stomachic. A homeopathic remedy prepared from the plant is used in the treatment of spasms and skin ailments.

Other Uses

Dark green to brown and dark grey dyes can be obtained from the roots without a mordant. A grey-blue dye comes from the leaves and stems. An infusion of the stems serves as a polish for bamboo, wicker furniture, and silver. The juice removes stains from linen and ink stains (excluding ball-point ink) from white material, and is sometimes sold as 'essential salt of lemon'. The plant is a dynamic accumulator, gathering minerals and nutrients from the soil and storing them in a more bioavailable form for use as fertilizer or mulch improver.

Wikipedia

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A compact perennial growing 0.6 m tall by 0.3 m wide. Hardy to UK zone 3, not frost tender, with year-round foliage. Flowers May to June; seeds ripen June to August. Dioecious, wind-pollinated, and not self-fertile; attracts wildlife. Tolerates light, medium, or heavy soils including very acid pH ranges. Grows in semi-shade or full sun and prefers moist soil.

Other Information

It is a commercially cultivated vegetable. It is grown as a vegetable and sold in nurseries and supermarkets. It is sold in local markets,

Notes

There are about 200 Rumex species. Contains vitamins A, C, K, E, B, proteins, tannins, fiber, phenolic acids (gallic, ellagic acid, protocatechuic acid, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid, rosmarinic, vanillic, synaptic). Pro anthocyanidins are epicatechin and epicatechin derivatives, oxalic acid

Names & Synonyms

Abjie, Acedera, Acetosa, Aceturia, Acitazzu, Agrietes, Amile ghans, Asetou, Auredduci, Chukel, Chuki, Eksi labada, Engsyre, Erba putta, Hapuoblikas, Hummaid, Khatta patta, Kiselets, Kiselica, Kishlek, Kozina, Kvasinka, Ljutika, Mzjauna, Navadna kislica, Oblikas, Oseille, Pane e vino, Podoi, Rugstynes, Sariplar, Saurampfer, Sghavel, Shchavyey, Stiav, Suan mo, Tarrago, Trtnjuk, Veldzuring, Vinagrera, Zezzora

Acetosa sagittataAcetosa rugosa Campd.

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