Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rumex pulcher
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Read more about Fiddle Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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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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).
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
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