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 north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
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 north of Mexico, vol. 5
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
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet
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