Polygonaceae Rumex acetosella L.

Common Sheep Sorrel

Delaware - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 59

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Scientific name: Rumex acetosella L.
USDA symbol: RUAC3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Sheep Sorrel
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Plant used as filling for pies.

RECRD: 42817 id: 35169

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