Putnam Park Wildflowers


Flower ID: IMG_0890.JPG-06-26-2017
Flower name (scientific): Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella Linnaeus PY: 1753
Flower name (common): Common Sheep Sorrel
Family name (common): Buckwheat
Family name (scientific): Polygonaceae
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Flower description:
     Size: 0.1 to 0.2 inches ( 0.3 to 0.5 cm)
     Petal count: 6
     Color: red
     Other: flower arrangement, Raceme
Plant description:
     Size: 4 to 16 inches ( 10. to 41. cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple and lobed
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     Other: Shape: leaf, normally obovate-oblong, ovate-lanceolate, lanceolate-elliptic, or lanceolate, occasionally, linear-lanceolate to almost linear (FNA)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced, invasive
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common
Bloom time (typical): May to August
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
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