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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rumex crispus ssp. crispus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

Rumex crispus ssp. crispus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rumex crispus ssp. crispus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-006:

Rumex crispus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rumex crispus

 

COMMON NAME:
Curly Dock, Yellow Dock


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image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

USDA / Selected Weeds of the US. 1970    swus_page_131

        

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm160206_965b

February    Greenville County    SC

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm000429_b

April    Greenville County    SC

Smooth, robust perennial to 4' tall, unbranched below inflorescence, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm110507_298

May    Pickens County    SC

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm190506_8205

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0244

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0245

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm210513_0245b

May    Oconee County    SC

Boone's Creek Preserve

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

Roxanna Martin    rlm51311_88

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Pistillate flowers have 3 feathery stigmas, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

Roxanna Martin    rlm51311_89

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Calyx has 3 narrow outer sepals & 3 inner sepals that expand in fruit, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

Roxanna Martin    rlm5710_013

May    Spartanburg County    SC

Panicle composed of clusters of staminate and pistillate flowers, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    s000510_df

May    Greenville County    SC

Leaves 15-25cm long, 2-6cm wide, undulate, base obtuse to cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    s000521_c2

May    Greenville County    SC

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

Roxanna Martin    rlm6410_257

June    Spartanburg County    SC

In fruit the inner sepal usually has one well-developed tubercle, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

Roxanna Martin    rlm6610_160

June    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    s000607_b2

June    Greenville County    SC

image of Rumex crispus ssp. crispus, Curly Dock, Yellow Dock

JK Marlow    jkm151230_068

December    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rumex crispus ssp. crispus

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-006:
Rumex crispus   FAMILY Polygonaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rumex crispus

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1284

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, pastures, fields, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common

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Invasive?

This plant may be causing problems in natural areas outside its native range, according to authorities such as:

 

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Greenish
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet

 

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