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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex pulcher   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

Rumex pulcher

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

Rumex pulcher

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-008:

Rumex pulcher   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rumex pulcher

 

COMMON NAME:
Fiddle Dock


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image of Rumex pulcher, Fiddle Dock

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rupu3_001_lvd

        

image of Rumex pulcher, Fiddle Dock

Gill Newberry    gn05_r_pulchar_closeup

May        

Pedicels ~ equal to or shorter than fruit (vs longer in R. obtusifolius), per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Rumex pulcher, Fiddle Dock

Gill Newberry    gn05_rumex_pulcher_frutis

May        

Inflorescence branches spreading, making an angle of 60-90 degrees with axis, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex pulcher   FAMILY Polygonaceae

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-008:
Rumex pulcher   FAMILY Polygonaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rumex pulcher

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3540

Forb
Perennial
Monoecious

Habitat: Disturbed areas, bottomland fields, bottomland forests, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Eurasia

Uncommon (rare in Mountains) (rare in NC Piedmont)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

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

FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Nutlet

 

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