This plant resembles the weed "sour dock" of the fields. The leaves are
large, tender and juicy, very broad and often 10 inches long, retaining
the pleasant acid flavor of the original weed. Much prized in France
where it is cultivated as a spring vegetable and used singly or mixed
with spinach.--(Mich. E. S. 20; U. Idaho E. S. 10.)