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Rumex acetosella L.

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L.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
1753
338
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Rumex acetosella L.
species
Rumex acetosella

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Caryophyllales
Polygonaceae
Rumex
acetosella

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Rumex acetosella L.

Glabrous, dioecious perennial, generally somewhat reddish, sometimes ± hoary, often with an extensive system of slender, branching, yellow rhizomes with adventitious buds; flowering stems erect, c. 3-30 cm tall. Petiole slender, on lower lvs sometimes much > lamina. Lamina c. 1.5-5 × 0.2-2 cm, linear-oblong, lanceolate to elliptic, sour to taste, usually with a pair of lanceolate basal lobes at ± right angles to rachis, sometimes with a secondary lobe, or often entire in cauline lvs; apex obtuse to acute. Infl. usually reddish, sometimes yellowish, to c. 20 cm long, with slender branches, leafless or nearly so. Fls fascicled, on slender pedicels. Perianth of ♂ fls 1-2 mm long; margin hyaline. Outer perianth of ♀ fls 0.5-0.8 mm long, not reflexing; valves 1.2-1.5 mm long, entire, not tuberculate, not enlarging at fruiting, usually ± crimson, sometimes yellowish; margins acute. Nut 1.2-1.6 mm long, shining brown, obtusely angled.

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Acetosella vulgaris Fourr.
Acetosella vulgaris Fourr.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Rumex acetosella L.
Rumex acetosella L.
Rumex acetosella L.
Connor, H.E. (1977)
Rumex acetosella L.
Polygonaceae
Rumex acetosella L.
Rumex acetosella L.
Mabberley, D.J. (2008)
Rumex acetosella L.
Rumex acetosella L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Rumex acetosella L.

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Rumex acetosella L.
France
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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Rumex acetosella L.
United States
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1 January 2000
6 January 2010
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