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The traditional names of the rowan are those applied to the species Sorbus aucuparia, Sorbus torminalis (wild service-tree), and Sorbus domestica (true service-tree). The Latin name sorbus was borrowed into Old English as syrfe. The name service-tree for Sorbus domestica is derived from that name by folk etymology.
Oxalis stricta (common yellow oxalis). There is another plant called sheep's sorrel (sort of close to sheepshire), Rumex acetosella, a native of Europe, and a native one, Rumex hastatulus (heartwing sorrel) , that I remember as a child in East Texas chewing on the stem and that we called the plant sourweed.Here's an article about both Oxalis and Rumex.ey there Mr. Smarty Plants, just one question. As a child in east Tennessee, we picked plants called sheepshire that looked like small clover leafs and had small yellow blooms. One could chew these leaves and they had a bitter-like taste.