Sheep Sorrel Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Sheep Sorrel (Rumex acetosella) is a slender perennial of the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, native to Europe and Asia and now widespread across North America on acidic, sandy, disturbed ground, old fields and lawns. It spreads by creeping roots into colonies 10 to 40 cm tall, with distinctive arrow-shaped leaves bearing two backward-pointing lobes at the base, and loose spikes of tiny reddish or yellow-green flowers on separate male and female plants. The leaves taste sharply sour from oxalic acid, like the garden sorrel. We extract the dried herb.