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§1 Plant
Rumex acetosa L.
vernacular garden sorrel — species · Polygonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Polygonaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Rumex
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Introduced
- GL Greenland Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 78 counties across 9 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 78 counties across 9 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 14 B ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 B ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 B ▾
Montana view state ↗ 6 B ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 B ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 B ▾
New York view state ↗ 21 B ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 B ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/RUAC2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2888951 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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