Rumex acetosa; Wiesen-Sauerampfer; Rumex acetosa (alte Namen) -- Familie Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse (Polygonaceae); Gro遝r Sauerampfer; Rumex acetosa L.; Rumex acetosa; L.; Der Wiesen-Sauerampfer; Rumex acetosa; auch Gro遝r Sauerampfer oder nur Sauerampfer genannt; Pflanzenart; die zur Familie der Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse; Polygonaceae; geh鰎t. Er ist ein Wildgem黶e.; Wiesensauerampfer; Ampfer; Rumex; ist eine Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Kn鰐erichgew鋍hse; Polygonaceae.; Rumex acetosa - old Names; Family Polygonaceae; Rumex acetosa L.; 1. also garden sorrel; sorrel; sorrel dock; sour dock; 1. Rumex acetosa; Synonyms; Rumex stenophyllus Ledeb.; Common sorrel or garden sorrel; Rumex acetosa; often simply called sorrel; is a perennial herb that is cultivated as a garden herb or leaf vegetable; pot herb. Other names for sorrel include spinach dock and narrow-leaved dock.; Rumex; genus of about 200 species of annual; biennial and perennial herbs in the buckwheat family Polygonaceae. Members of this family are very common perennial herbs growing mainly in the northern hemisphere; but various species have been introduced almost everywhere. Some are nuisance weeds; and are sometimes called dockweed or dock weed; but some are grown for their edible leaves. Rumex species are used as food plants by the larvae of a number of Lepidoptera species.