Mountain Sorrel
Oxyria digyna
Mountain sorrel is a circumpolar alpine perennial with kidney-shaped leaves and reddish-green flower spikes that flush crimson in seed. The tangy, vitamin-C-rich leaves are edible; tidy for cool rock gardens.
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.8 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- red, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NH, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY