Herb
Rumex scutatus
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Rumex scutatus is the botanical French or buckler sorrel—silver-green shield leaves, lower oxalic bite than R. acetosa, treasured in classic French herb gardens. Culinary behaviour matches buckler leaf descriptions. Specify scutatus seed when you want true French salad sorrel rather than lank common types.
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Fine HerbLight CookSalad
Traits
Culinary FineFrench Sorrel SpeciesMild AcidMilderShieldShield LeafSpecies True
History
Botany named Rumex scutatus among shield-leaved docks.
FR
French horticulture cultivated R. scutatus as fine sorrel.
European seed lists kept scutatus for gourmet gardens.
Chefs and herbalists used the binomial for true French sorrel orders.