Alpine Mountainsorrel

Oxyria digyna (L.) Hill - Buckwheat family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 20 inches

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: Red, Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Butterflies; Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Alpine Mountainsorrel: Chalceria rubida, Gynaephora groenlandica, Lycaena cuprea, Lycaena phlaeas, Lycaena phlaeas hypophlaeas

Native Range

  • USA:  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
  • CAN:  Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Québec, Yukon
  • DEN:  Greenland
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), CAN (N), GL (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.