Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Read more about Patience Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rumex patientia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Rumex patientia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-005:
Rumex patientia FAMILY Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Patience Dock, Monk's-rhubarb
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rumex patientia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Rumex patientia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-005:
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
1287
Forb
Biennial/Short-lived perennial
Monoecious
Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet
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