Sourgrass

Updated on Dec 12, 2024

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Sourgrass is a common name given to several plant species which have a sour taste. Most are in fact not grasses:

Digitaria insularis, a true grass (Poaceae)

Oxalis species (woodsorrels) of the Oxalidaceae, namely:

Oxalis pes-caprae (Bermuda-buttercup)

Oxalis grandis (large yellow woodsorrel)

Oxalis montana (mountain woodsorrel)

Oxalis stricta (yellow woodsorrel)

Rumex acetosella (sorrel) of the Polygonaceae

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