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Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella

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Sheep's Sorrel Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 2:48 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 4:47 p.m.
Sheep's Sorrel Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 2:48 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 4:46 p.m.
Sheep's Sorrel Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 2:48 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 4:46 p.m.
Sheep's Sorrel Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 2:48 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 4:47 p.m.
Sheep's Sorrel Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 2:48 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 4:47 p.m.
Sheep's Sorrel Sheep's Sorrel - Rumex acetosella subsp. acetosella dylan Oldbury Court estate and Frome valley 4 Jul 2022, 2:48 p.m. 3 Jul 2022, 4:47 p.m.

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Species Description

Stace 4:

Ssp. acetosella (R. tenuifolius (Wallr.) Á. Löve), Acetosella vulgaris ssp. tenuifolia (Wallr.) P.D. Sell, ssp. vulgaris).

Tepals forming a loose cover round ripe achene (easily rubbed off by rolling achenes between finger and thumb). Small plants with narrowly linear leaves and occurring on very dry sands are worth no more than varietal rank as var. tenuifolius Wallr.