Irish wildflowers sitemap
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Common Sorrel Small red/pink flowers in loose upright spikes. Red, strong-keeled fruiting sepals. Arrow-shaped leaves, 5-12cm long. Basal lobes parallel to stem or in-curving. Erect branched stems. Height: 35-80cm. Abundant. Roadsides, grassland, gardens. R. acetosa ssp. hibernicus. Short stems, compact inflorescence. Fleshy leaves with very short stiff hairs. On sand-dunes on W and S Irish coasts. 
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Common Sorrel: Ballingeary, Co.Cork. June 2007