Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex > Rumex cordatusRumex cordatus (French sorrel)Synonyms: Acetosa cordata (homotypic); Rumex sarcorhizus; Rumex scutatus (heterotypic); Rumex tuberosus (heterotypic) | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High |  | | Edible [2] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [2] | Hermaphrodite | | Hazards [2] | Plants can contain quite high levels of oxalic acid, which is what gives the leaves of many members of this genus an acid-lemon flavour. Perfectly alright in small quantities, the leaves should not be eaten in large amounts since the oxalic acid can lock-up other nutrients in the food, especially calcium, thus causing mineral deficiencies. The oxalic acid content will be reduced if the plant is cooked. People with a tendency to rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity should take especial caution if including this plant in their diet since it can aggravate their condition; | | Leaf Type [3] | Evergreen | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Pollinators [2] | Wind | | Structure [3] | Herb | | Usage [2] | The cultivar 'Silver Shield' makes a good, if rampant, ground cover beside paths and at the front of borders;
Although no specific mention has been made for this species, dark green to brown and dark grey dyes can be obtained from the roots of many species in this genus, They do not need a mordant; | | | Height [2] | 24 inches (0.6 m) | | Width [2] | 24 inches (0.6 m) | | | Light Preference [4] | Mostly Sunny | | Soil Acidity [4] | Neutral | | Soil Fertility [4] | Mostly Infertile | | Soil Moisture [4] | Mostly Dry |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000) ♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 4Ellenberg, H., Weber, H.E., Dull, R., Wirth, V., Werner, W., Paulissen, D. (1991)
Zeigerwerte von Pflanzen in Mitteleuropa. Scripta Geobotanica 18, 1–248 ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants♦ 6HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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