Native and naturalized plants
Native and naturalized plants of the Carolinas and Georgia, eastern Tennessee and northern Florida

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Weakley's Flora ( 4/7/08 ): Polygonaceae
Rumex hastatulus

SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS National Database: Polygonaceae
Rumex hastatulus

SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (1968): Polygonaceae
063-02-002
Rumex hastatulus

Common Name:
Wild Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel, Wild Sorrel

Forb
Winter annual
Dioecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC



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...Variable

Leaves:
Simple
Alternate

Flower:
Spring
Pink/Yellow/Purple/Red
6 sepals
Petals absent

Fruit:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet

To learn more about this plant, look it up in a good book!
A Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p371
Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p165
Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p054
Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p063
Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p195
Wildflowers of the Eastern US p003




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February
Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park

 

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February
Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park

 

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April
Beaufort County SC
Roadside

 

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April
Colleton County SC
Roadside

 

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