Each flower droops from a tiny stalk. It has three narrow green sepals, which fold back close to the stalk when the seed is ripening. Inside these sepals are three dull crimson petals, also small and narrow. But when the flowering time is past, these three petals grow broad and oval, and become thicker, and at the base of each petal you see a tiny swelling, which is the seed.

The stem of the Common Sorrel is tinged with pink. It is ribbed all over, and is very juicy. Both it and the leaves are acid to taste and are often eaten in salads.

The leaves are quite smooth, with the edges uncut. They are dark green above, but much lighter underneath. Each leaf is shaped like an arrow-head, and those close to the root have a long stalk.

INDEX

Agrimony, Common,[23].
Alkanet, Evergreen,[144].
Anemone, Wood,[47].
Angelica, Wild,[56].
Asphodel, Bog,[39].
Aster, Sea,[147].
Autumnal Hawkbit,[25].
Avens, Common,[15].
Avens, Water,[99].
Bedstraw, Yellow,[32].
Bethlehem, Star of,[73].
Bindweed, Small,[128].
Birdsfoot Trefoil,[17].
Biting Stonecrop,[31].
Black Knapweed,[107].
Bladder Campion, Common,[79].
Bluebell or Harebell,[138].
Blue Bottle or Corn Flower,[135].
Blue Meadow Crane's-bill,[133].
Bog Asphodel,[39].
Borage, Common,[143].
Broad-leaved Willow Herb,[130].
Brooklime Speedwell,[141].
Broom,[12].
Bryony, Red-berried,[84].
Bugle, Common,[112].
Bugloss, Viper's,[148].
Burdock, Greater,[89].
Burnet Rose,[125].
Butterbur, Common,[88].
Buttercup, Bulbous,[2].
Buttercup, Meadow,[3].
Butterwort, Common,[111].
Campion, Common Bladder,[79].
Campion, Red,[117].
Campion, Sea,[80].
Carrot, Sea,[61].
Celandine, Lesser,[1].
Chervil, Wild,[60].
Chickweed, Common,[52].
Chickweed, Mouse-eared,[53].
Chickweed, Wintergreen,[85].
Cinquefoil, Creeping,[21].
Cinquefoil, Marsh,[98].
Cleavers or Goosegrass,[66].
Clover, Red,[123].
Coltsfoot,[27].
Comfrey, Common,[43].
Corn Cockle,[131].
Corn Flower or Blue Bottle,[135].
Cow Parsnip,[59].
Cowslip,[38].
Crane's-bill, Blue Meadow,[133].
Crane's-bill, Dove's-foot,[118].
Cress, Hairy Rock,[51].
Cross-leaved Pink Heath,[132].
Crosswort,[30].
Crowfoot, Water,[48].
Cuckoo Flower or Lady's Smock,[97].
Cuckoopint or Wake Robin,[86].
Daffodil,[42].
Daisy,[70].
Daisy, Ox-eye,[69].
Dandelion, Common,[35].
Dead Nettle, White,[82].
Dog Rose,[124].
Dog's Mercury,[94].
Dog Violet,[100].
Dove's-foot Crane's-bill,[118].
Dropwort, Hemlock Water,[58].
Early Purple Orchis,[109].
Evergreen Alkanet,[144].
Everlasting, Mountain,[45].
Eyebright, Common,[81].
Field Gentian,[146].
Field Scabious,[105].
Figwort, Knotty,[92].
Fingers, Lady's,[19].
Forget-me-not, Great Water,[142].
Foxglove,[129].
Fumitory, Common,[115].
Gentian, Field,[146].
Germander Speedwell,[140].
Goatsbeard, Yellow,[26].
Golden Saxifrage, Opposite-leaved,[10].
Goosegrass or Cleavers,[66].
Gorse or Whin,[11].
Goutweed,[55].
Grass of Parnassus,[78].
Grass, Scurvy,[50].
Greater Burdock,[89].
Greater Stitchwort,[54].
Great Water Forget-me-not,[142].
Great Wild Valerian,[127].
Ground Ivy,[113].
Groundsel, Common,[28].
Hairy Rock Cress,[51].
Hairy Water Mint,[114].
Harebell or Bluebell,[138].
Harrow, Rest,[121].
Hawkbit, Autumnal,[25].
Heartsease,[101].
Heath, Cross-leaved Pink,[132].
Heather or Common Ling,[106].
Hedge Mustard,[7].
Hedge Parsley, Upright,[57].
Hemlock, Common,[62].
Hemlock, Water Dropwort,[58].
Herb-Robert,[119].
Holly, Sea,[139].
Honeysuckle,[40].
Hop Trefoil,[18].
Horned Poppy, Yellow,[8].
Hyacinth, Wood,[145].
Intermediate Wintergreen,[77].
Iris, Yellow Water,[41].
Ivy, Ground,[113].
Joy, Traveller's,[46].
Knapweed, Black,[107].
Knotty Figwort,[92].
Lady's Fingers,[19].
Lady's Mantle,[93].
Lady's Smock,[97].
Lesser Celandine,[1].
Ling, Common, or Heather,[106].
Loose-strife, Purple,[110].
Lousewort, or Red Rattle,[126].
Mallow, Common,[102].
Mantle, Lady's,[93].
Mare's Tail, Common,[87].
Marsh Cinquefoil,[98].
Marsh Marigold,[4].
Marsh Pennywort,[76].
Marsh Plume Thistle,[104].
Mayweed, Scentless,[71].
Meadow Buttercup,[3].
Meadow Crane's-bill, Blue,[133].
Meadow Sweet,[63].
Meadow Vetchling,[20].
Mercury, Dog's,[94].
Mignonette, Wild,[34].
Milkwort,[134].
Millfoil, or Yarrow,[68].
Mint, Hairy Water,[114].
Mossy Saxifrage,[75].
Mountain Everlasting,[45].
Mouse-eared Chickweed,[53].
Mouse Tail,[90].
Mugwort,[33].
Mustard, Hedge,[7].
Mustard, Wild,[6].
Needle Whin,[13].
Nettle, Common,[95].
Nettle, White Dead,[82].
Nipplewort, Common,[24].
Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage,[10].
Orchis, Early Purple,[109].
Orchis, Spotted,[83].
Ox-eye Daisy,[69].
Parnassus, Grass of,[78].
Parsley, Upright Hedge,[57].
Parsnip, Cow,[59].
Pennywort, Marsh,[76].
Pimpernel, Scarlet,[150].
Pink Heath, Cross-leaved,[132].
Plantain, Ribwort,[91].
Plume Thistle, Marsh,[104].
Poppy, Red,[149].
Poppy, Yellow Horned,[8].
Primrose,[37].
Purple Loose-strife,[110].
Purple Orchis,[109].
Purple Sea Rocket,[96].
Purse, Shepherd's,[49].
Ragged Robin,[116].
Ragwort, Common,[29].
Ransoms,[74].
Red-berried Bryony,[84].
Red Campion,[117].
Red Clover,[123].
Red Poppy,[149].
Red Rattle, or Lousewort,[126].
Rest Harrow,[121].
Ribwort Plantain,[91].
Robert, Herb,[119].
Rock Cress, Hairy,[51].
Rocket, Purple Sea,[96].
Rock Rose,[9].
Rose, Burnet,[125].
Rose, Dog,[124].
Saintfoin,[122].
St. John's Wort,[14].
Saxifrage, Mossy,[75].
Saxifrage, Opposite-leaved Golden,[10].
Scabious, Field,[105].
Scarlet Pimpernel,[150].
Scentless Mayweed,[71].
Scotch Thistle,[103].
Scurvy Grass,[50].
Sea Aster,[147].
Sea Campion,[80].
Sea Carrot,[61].
Sea Holly,[139].
Sea Rocket, Purple,[96].
Shepherd's Purse,[49].
Silver Weed,[22].
Small Bindweed,[128].
Smock, Lady's,[97].
Sneezewort Yarrow,[44].
Snowdrop,[72].
Sorrel, Common,[151].
Sorrel, Wood,[65].
Speedwell, Brooklime,[141].
Speedwell, Germander,[140].
Spotted Orchis,[83].
Star of Bethlehem, Common,[73].
Stitchwort, Greater,[54].
Stonecrop, Biting,[31].
Stork's Bill,[120].
Strawberry, Wild,[64].
Succory, Wild,[137].
Sweet, Meadow,[63].
Tail, Common Mare's,[87].
Tail, Mouse,[90].
Tansy,[36].
Thistle, Marsh Plume,[104].
Thistle, Scotch,[103].
Thyme, Wild,[108].
Tormentil,[16].
Traveller's Joy,[46].
Trefoil, Birdsfoot,[17].
Trefoil, Hop,[18].
Tufted Vetch,[136].
Upright Hedge Parsley,[57].
Valerian, Great Wild,[127].
Vetchling, Meadow,[20].
Vetch, Tufted,[136].
Violet, Dog,[100].
Viper's Bugloss,[148].
Wake Robin, or Cuckoopint,[86].
Wallflower,[5].
Water Avens,[99].
Water Crowfoot,[48].
Water Dropwort, Hemlock,[58].
Water Mint, Hairy,[114].
Water Iris, Yellow,[41].
Weed, Silver,[22].
Whin, or Gorse,[11].
Whin, Needle,[13].
White Dead Nettle,[82].
Wild Angelica,[56].
Wild Chervil,[60].
Wild Mignonette,[34].
Wild Mustard,[6].
Wild Strawberry,[64].
Wild Succory,[137].
Wild Thyme,[108].
Wild Valerian, Great,[127].
Willow Herb, Broad-leaved,[130].
Wintergreen, Chickweed,[85].
Wintergreen, Intermediate,[77].
Wood Anemone,[47].
Wood Hyacinth,[145].
Woodruff,[67].
Wood Sorrel,[65].
Wort, St. John's,[14].
Yarrow, or Millfoil,[68].
Yarrow, Sneezewort,[44].
Yellow Bedstraw,[32].
Yellow Goatsbeard,[26].
Yellow Horned Poppy,[8].
Yellow Water Iris,[41].

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