OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key


SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-009:

Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rumex obtusifolius

 

COMMON NAME:
Bitter Dock, Broadleaf Dock


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image of Rumex obtusifolius, Bitter Dock, Broadleaf Dock

JK Marlow    jkm0505f_02

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Rumex obtusifolius, Bitter Dock, Broadleaf Dock

JK Marlow    s000510_b

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaves are wide, heart-shaped at the base, and lack wavy margins, per Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992).

image of Rumex obtusifolius, Bitter Dock, Broadleaf Dock

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_062821hayesville11

June    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

image of Rumex obtusifolius, Bitter Dock, Broadleaf Dock

Stephanie C. Brundage    scb_062821hayesville13

June    Clay County    NC

Clay County Native Botanical Garden

Flowers about 1/4" long, short-stalked in terminal cluster to 1' long, in well-spaced whorls, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/8/20):
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-009:
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rumex obtusifolius

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1286

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Pastures, barnyards, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Reddish-green (male flowers have dull yellow inner tepals)
Unisexual
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Nutlet

 

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