Polygonaceae Rumex acetosella L.

Common Sheep Sorrel

Saanich - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 85

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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: Saanich
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Acid-tasting leaves eaten like lettuce.

RECRD: 47614 id: 35177

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