| Family | Polygonaceae |
| Subfamily | Polygonoideae |
| Scientific name | Rumex acetosa L. |
| Synonyms | Acetosa acetosella (L.) Miller; Acetosa angustata Rafinesque; Acetosa fontanopaludosa (Kalela) Holub; Acetosa pratensis Miller; Acetosa rugosa (Campdera) Holub; Lapathum acetosa (L.) Scopoli; Lapathum pratense Lamrck; Rumex acetosa L. subsp. fontanopaludosus (Kalela) Hylander; Rumex acetosa L. subsp. pratensis (Miller) A. Blytt & O. C. Dahl; Rumex acetosa L. subsp. serpentinicola (Rune) Nordhagen; Rumex acetosa L. var. hortensis Dierbach; Rumex acetosa L. var. longifolia Metzger; Rumex acidus Salisbury; Rumex acuminatus Campdera; Rumex agrestis Rafinesque; Rumex alpestris auct.; Rumex alpestris auct. subsp. lapponicus (Hiitonen) Jalas; Rumex arifolius auct.; Rumex fontanopaludosus Kalela; Rumex haematinus Kihlman; Rumex hispanicus sensu W. D. J. Koch, non C. C. Gmelin; Rumex hortensis Visiani ex Nyman; Rumex intermedius sensu Sturm, non de Candolle; Rumex platyphyllus (Sennen & Pau) Sennen & Pau; Rumex pratensis Dulac; Rumex pseuoacetosa Bertoloni; Rumex rugosus Campdera |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) sui-ba (スイバ, 酸葉 [meaning: sour leaves]), sukampo (スカンポ [meaning of sukampo is unknown]) |
| (English common name) common sorrel, sorrel, garden sorrel, sorrel dock, sour dock | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Eurasia, Algeria, Morocco, Canada, USA | |
| Habitat | Roadside, field, rice paddy, riverside |
| Chromosomal number | (female) 14 = 12+XX, (male) 15 = 12+XY1Y2 |
| Description | Plants electing 30-100cm tall. Leaves ca. 10cm long. Flowers perianths ca. 3mm long, flowering in May to August. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Rumex acetosa L. |
| Rumex acetosa Linnaeus | |
| Pyrimine-producing bacteria (US Patent 5182206/1993) | |
| Method for preparing leaf proteins with rumex L. and obtained product thereby (US Patent 6416810/2002) | |
| Use of hybrid rumex acetosa L. in production of fertilizer (US Patent 6352568/2002) | |
| Beverage containing hybrid Rumex acetosa L. and methods for preparing same (US Patent 6479091/2002) | |
| Recovering metals from soil (US Patent 7268273/2007) |
| April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
April 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
| April 2007 at riveside |
April 2007 at riveside |
| April 2008 at rice paddy |
April 2008 at rice paddy |
April 2008 at rice paddy |
| April 2008 at rice paddy |