Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Sorrel is a perennial herb, which is cultivated as garden herb or leaf vegetable. The plant is also known as common sorrel, garden sorrel spinach dock or narrow-leaved dock. Sorrel is a slender plant that can grow to a height of about 2 feet. Its roots run deep into the ground. Stems and leaves are juicy and edible. The sorrel plant bears whorled spikes of reddish-green flowers, which become purplish upon blooming in the summer season. Ripened seeds of sorrel plants are brownish and shining.

Common sorrels have been cultivated for centuries for its leaves that are used in soups, sauces and salads. Flavor of leaves is similar to kiwifruit or sour wild strawberries. Sharp and sour taste of the leaves comes from the oxalic acid. Sorrel is often used as a laxative and also in the treatments of kidney or bladder stones. Little wood sorrel or sour grass is grown in shady woods, lawns and gardens throughout the Northern Hemisphere. Common sorrels grow wild in the meadows. Due to wide spreading underground stems, sorrels are often considered as invasive weeds.

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Sorrel Plant Pictures and Sorrel Plant Kind