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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acetosa hastatula   FAMILY Polygonaceae   Go to FSUS key



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 north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)

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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image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ruha2_001_lvd

        

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

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).

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120404_520

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

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).

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120404_520c

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

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).

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120404_527b

April    Greenville County    SC

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120415_087

April    Pickens County    SC

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

JK Marlow    jkm120415_087b

April    Pickens County    SC

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

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).

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlm4211_183

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

Roxanna Martin    rlm42510_090

April    Spartanburg County    SC

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

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).

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

JK Marlow    s040501_a

May    Greenville County    SC

Creekside/Riverside

image of Acetosa hastatula, Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel

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 north of Mexico, vol. 5
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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

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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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-yellow/ Pinkish-red
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet

 

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