OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Rumex obtusifolius

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

Rumex obtusifolius

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

Rumex obtusifolius

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

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ruob_001_lvd

        

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 (4/14/23):
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex obtusifolius   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

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

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

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

Common (uncommon in SC Coastal Plain, uncommon in GA Piedmont) (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Nutlet

 

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