[The Buckwheat Family East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel

Oxyria digyna

Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus

Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus)

Alpine mountain-sorrel as seen along the upper portion of the Strawberry Basin Trail #375 at a place where snow lays late into the summer, about 200 meters south of the junction with the Onion Creek Trail #368, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness..........July 18, 2013.

Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus) - Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus)

Examples of alpine mountain-sorrel as seen at about 9000' near the summit of Strawberry Mountain, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........August 18, 2011.

Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus) - Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus)

Mountain sorrel blooming along the Steens Mountain South Loop Road about 1 mile downhill to the west of the East Rim Viewpoint........July 9, 2014.

Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus) - Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus) - Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus) - Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus)

Mountain sorrel as seen in a granitic boulder field that is part of a steep avalanche chute along the East Fork Lostine River Trail #1662 adjacent to Lost Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness.........August 4, 2016.

Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus) - Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus)

Mountain sorrel as seen at left at Maxwell Lake, Eagle Cap Wilderness.........August 3, 2016. The photo at right shows mountain sorrel blooming along the Steens Mountain South Loop Road about 1 mile downhill to the west of the East Rim Viewpoint........September 2, 2011.

Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus) - Alpine Mountainsorrel, Alpine Mountain-sorrel, Mountain Sorrel: Oxyria digyna (Synonyms: Rumex digyna, Rumex digynus)

The photo at left shows mountain-sorrel as seen on north-facing slopes at the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, Eagle Cap Wilderness.......August 13, 2018. The photo at right shows mountain-sorrel as seen near 6400' along the Highline Trail #114 on the northern slopes of Mt. Adams.......July 11, 2005. Note the attractive heart- and kidney-shaped leaves.

Paul Slichter