{"id":1721,"date":"2024-06-03T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T13:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2024-06-07T15:07:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T14:07:29","slug":"1721-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/1721-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ID Guide: Sorrel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"color:#156535;font-size:clamp(33.419px, 2.089rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 3.242), 60px);\">ID Guide: Sorrel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#156535;color:#156535\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill has-background\" style=\"background-color:#f1f5c7;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:auto 21%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Common names:<\/strong> Sorrel, spinach dock, narrow-leaved dock<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Latin:<\/strong> <em>Rumex acetosa<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Appearance<\/strong>: Sorrel grows as a rosette with pointed green leaves that resemble spinach. It flowers in summer with distinctive red petals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where: <\/strong>Any UK open grassland or meadow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to forage: <\/strong>Pick directly from the rock, taking the head of the plant leaving the root.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When:<\/strong> From the end of spring right through summer and autumn until the frost comes in winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to use: <\/strong>It can be used like you would spinach \u2013 such as cooked with garlic as a side dish. It does have a very lemony\/citrus taste so is often used mixed with sour cream or yoghurt as a lemon herb dip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/3565105-1024x684.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/3565105-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"vegetable, sorrel, food\" class=\"wp-image-1723 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/3565105-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/3565105-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/3565105-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/3565105.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#156535;color:#156535\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center is-image-fill has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fffdea;margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/x6l2fogz54a-678x1024.jpg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/x6l2fogz54a-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"a close up of a plant with small pink flowers\" class=\"wp-image-1724 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/x6l2fogz54a-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/x6l2fogz54a-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/x6l2fogz54a-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mccs-journalism.gold.ac.uk\/wp\/briar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2024\/06\/x6l2fogz54a.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2em;padding-right:2em;padding-bottom:2em;padding-left:2em\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-x-large-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#156535\"><strong>Commonly mistaken with<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\">Young lords and ladies plants which are inedible, but sorrel has a more spiked tail and lords and ladies are rounded. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#156535;color:#156535\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ID Guide: 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