sour grass

Synonyms:

dock, sorrel

Types:

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Rumex acetosa, garden sorrel, sour dock

European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens

Rumex acetosella, sheep sorrel, sheep's sorrel

small plant having pleasantly acid-tasting arrow-shaped leaves; common in dry places

Rumex obtusifolius, bitter dock, broad-leaved dock, yellow dock

European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America

French sorrel, Rumex scutatus, garden sorrel

low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves

Type of:

herb, herbaceous plant

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests