Rumex frutescens Thouars

Wedgeleaf dock (en), Patience à feuilles en coin (fr), Oseille à feuilles en coin (fr), Rumex à feuilles en coin (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex

Characteristics

Glabrous, monoecious perennial with long woody rhizome; stems aerial, erect, to c. 1 m tall. Petiole usually < lamina. Lamina of lower lvs 8-20 × 3-7 cm, usually obovate or elliptic-obovate, ± coriaceous; margins entire or undulate and finely crisped; base rounded to broad-cuneate, sometimes oblique; apex rounded. Upper lvs similar but smaller. Infl. dense, ± pyramidal at flowering, to c. 15 cm long, often with axillary branches developing later, leafless except near base; fls in densely arranged whorls, with small lvs subtending basal whorls. Pedicels short, moderately stout, glabrous. Perianth segments of ♂ fls 2-3 mm long; margins ± hyaline. ♀ fls similar; outer segments ± ovate-elliptic, not reflexed at fruiting; inner segments greatly enlarging at fruiting. Fruiting valves 4.5-6 × 3-4.5 mm, ovate, entire with rounded apex, strongly reticulate; tubercles large, 2-3 mm long, ± oblong, constricted at intervals, 1 to each valve segment. Nuts c. 3 mm long, dark brown, strongly angled.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread hydrochory
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system rhizome
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Rumex frutescens world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Chile, Denmark, France, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Peru, Portugal, Uruguay, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145554-3
WFO ID wfo-0000403329
COL ID 4TPNN
BDTFX ID 58733
INPN ID 119494
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rumex frutescens Rumex cuneifolius