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 Scientific name origin: Genus: Specific epithet: Common name origin: 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) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: 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 Habitat: Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: How to differentiate related subspecies: Ethnobotany: Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: In US: In Canada: References: