rumex acetosella

action	diuretic, purgative, styptic, sudorific
common name	common sheep sorrel, sheep sorrel
family	polygonaceae
indigenous use	aleut, cherokee, dutch, french, german, italian, mohegan, spanish
range	acadia national park, allegheny portage railroad national hist, apostle islands national lakeshore, arkansas post national memorial, assateague island national seashore, bandelier national monument, big thicket n. preserve, blue ridge parkway, canada, cape cod national seashore, catoctin mountain park, chesapeake and ohio canal, chickamauga & chattanooga, colonial national historic park, congaree swamp national monument, crater lake national park, cumberland gap national historic park, cuyahoga valley national recreation area, effigy mounds national monument, europe, fire island national seashore, fort clatsop national memorial, fort donelson national battlefield, fort necessity national battlefield, friendship hill national historic site, gateway national recreation area, gettysburg national military park, glacier national park, golden gate natl. rec. area, great smoky mountains national park, haleakala national park, harpers ferry national historic park, hawaii volcanoes national park, hopewell furnace national historic site, hot springs national park, indiana dunes national lakeshore, isle royale national park, johnstone flood national memorial, kennesaw mountain, lassen volcanic national park, lincoln boyhood national memorial, mammoth cave national park, moores creek national battlefield, morristown national historic park, mount rainier national park, national capital region - east, nez perce national historic park, north cascades national park, obed wild & scenic river, oregon caves national monument, ozark ns riverways, petersburg national battlefield, pictured rocks national lakeshore, point reyes national seashore, prince william forest park, redwood national park, richmond national battlefield park, rock creek park, roosevelt vanderbilt nat. hist. site, saint croix national scenic river, saint-gaudens national historic site, san juan island national historic park, santa monica mounatins nat. rec. area, saratoga national historic park, sequoia & kings canyon national park, shenandoah national park, shiloh national military park, sitka national historic park, sleeping bear dunes national lakeshore, tasmania, us, venezuela, voyageurs national park, wales, whiskey-shasta-trinity nat. rec. area, wilson's creek national battlefield, yellowstone national park, yosemite national park, zion national park
use	poison
used to treat	cancer, depurative, fever, gastro-intestinal disturbances, scurvy, skin ailments, tumor (eye), warts
range	lake clark national park, olympic national park