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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acetosa hastatula
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wild Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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).
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JK Marlow jkm120404_520
April Greenville County SC
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm120404_520c
April Greenville County SC
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm120404_527b
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120415_087
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120415_087b
April Pickens County SC
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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).
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_183
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm42510_090
April Spartanburg County SC
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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).
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JK Marlow s040501_a
May Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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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
1285
Forb
Winter annual
Dioecious
Habitat: Glades, barrens, xeric sands; eastwards in fields (especially sandy fields in the Coastal Plain), roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-yellow/ Pinkish-red
Unisexual
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p164
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p371
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p396
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p195
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p003
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p063
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p295
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p321
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p338
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p165