Rumex acetosa 'Sorrel'

[Ex. Shropshire, England]

Polygonaceae: a variable perennial to 60cm, found in many grassy habitats. The whole flower turns red as it goes over. The flowers are a reddish colour, in slender spikes, appearing from May-July. The leaves are deep green leaves, are arrow-shaped, narrow, the leaves taste mildly of vinegar. Widespread and common.

USES:

The leaves are used raw or cooked, they make a thirst-quenching on their own, or can be added to salads, used as a potherb or pureed and used in soups. A delicious lemon-like flavour, liked by most people who try them, they can be rather overpowering in quantity and are more generally used as a flavouring in mixed salads.

The fresh or dried leaves are astringent, diuretic, laxative and refrigerant, they are used to make a cooling drink in the treatment of fevers and are especially useful in the treatment of scurvy.

GROWING INFORMATION:

Sow spring in situ any time of the year, the leaves can be harvested within 8 weeks from sowing. Easy.

HARVESTED: 

APPROX 1000+ SEEDS