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Rumex alpestris Jacq.

Patience à feuilles de gouet (fr), Rumex alpestre (fr), Oseille à feuilles d'arum (fr), Patience à feuilles d'arum (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination anemogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.2
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

The young leaves are eaten raw in salads. They are also cooked as a potherb or added to soups and omelettes.
Uses dye leaf vegetable medicinal potherb
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity skin-irritating (whole)
Animal toxicity weak toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Rumex alpestris unspecified picture
Rumex alpestris unspecified picture

Distribution

Rumex alpestris world distribution map, present in Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, France, Georgia, Greece, Croatia, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Korea (Democratic People's Republic of), Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:696857-1
WFO ID wfo-0000403545
COL ID 4TPHF
BDTFX ID 58622
INPN ID 119434
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Acetosa alpestris Rumex alpestris Lapathum alpestre Acetosa alpina Rumex montanus Rumex amplexicaulis Rumex carpaticus Lapathum alpestre Rumex acetosa subsp. amplexicaulis Rumex acetosa subsp. alpestris Acetosa alpestris subsp. carpatica Acetosa alpestris subsp. islandica Acetosa alpina subsp. amplexicaulis Acetosa pratensis subsp. alpestris Rumex acetosa subsp. islandicus Rumex arifolius

Lower taxons

Rumex alpestris subsp. lapponicus
WorldFloraDB 2024