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sorrel tree

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sorrel tree, common name for a variety of plants, including the Australian hibiscus, Hibiscus heterophyllus, of the mallow mallow, common name for members of the Malvaceae, a family of herbs and shrubs distributed over most of the world and especially abundant in the American tropics. Tropical species sometimes grow as small trees.
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 family. The staggerbush, Lyoma mariana, and the sourwood, Oxydendrum arboreum, of the heath heath, in botany, common name for some members of the Ericaceae, a family of chiefly evergreen shrubs with berry or capsule fruits. Plants of the heath family form the characteristic vegetation of many regions with acid soils, particularly the moors, swamps, and
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 family, are also called sorrel tree.
sorrel tree [′sär·əl ‚trē]
(botany)


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Another option is the deciduous sorrel tree (Oxydendrum arboreum) of the eastern United States, which has a small, white, urn-shaped flower.
 
 
 
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