Common Name: red sorrel, sheep sorrel, sour-grass, field sorrelScientific Name: Rumex acetosella L.Family Name: Polygonaceae - Smartweed or Buckwheat FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced perennial, reproducing by seed and rhizomes Stemseproductive, upright, slender, branching above, ridged, frequently reddish, nodes swollen, ocrea (papery or membranous sheath) at nodes Leavesbasal leaves arrowhead-shaped, 2 pointed base lobes, smooth, petioled; stem leaves alternate, linear, sessile Flowersmale greenish-yellow, female red to burnt orange, very small, petals absent; terminal clusters