Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acetosa hastatula
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-002:
Rumex hastatulus FAMILY Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rumex hastatulus
COMMON NAME:
Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel
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JK Marlow jkm0304m_03
April Colleton County SC
Colorful masses in sandy fields in Coastal Plain, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
JK Marlow jkm120404_520b
April Greenville County SC
Tiny flowers on upper half of stems (plants dioecious), 3-10 per tuft, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm120404_527
April Greenville County SC
Slender ridged stem, 1 to several from basal rosette, branched above middle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
JK Marlow jkm210413_9497
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Well-developed leaves with hastate base (the lobes divergent, at right angle to the petiole), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
Roxanna Martin rlm43011_105
April Spartanburg County SC
Inner sepals cordate with a wide, membranous, erose wing, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
Roxanna Martin rlm6610_77
June Spartanburg County SC
Enlarged wing-like heart-shaped sepals encase the nutlet, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acetosa hastatula
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-002:
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rumex hastatulus