Rumex obovatus Danser

Tropical dock (en), Oseille (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex

Characteristics

Plants annual [sometimes biennial or perennial in tropics], glabrous or nearly so, with fusiform, vertical rootstock. Stems erect, branched distal to middle or in distal 2/ 3, 20-40(-70) cm. Leaves: ocrea deciduous or partially persistent at maturity; blade usually distinctly obovate, widest distal to middle, rarely weakly panduriform, 4-7(-11) × 2-5 cm, less than 4 times as long as wide, coriaceous, base cuneate, rarely almost truncate, margins entire, flat, rarely slightly undulate, apex obtuse or rounded. Inflorescences terminal, occupying distal 2 of stem, usually lax, occasionally rather dense, interrupted in basal 2, broadly paniculate, branches usually straight, unbranched, forming angle of 45° with 1st-order stem, leafy almost to top. Pedicels articulated in proximal 1/ 3, thickened, 3-5 mm, articulation distinctly swollen. Flowers 10-20 in rather dense whorls; inner tepals ovate-triangular or triangular-deltoid, 4-5(-5.5) × 2.4-3 mm (excluding teeth), ca. 1.5 times as long as wide, base truncate, margins distinctly dentate, apex acute to subacute, straight, teeth 3-5, normally at each side of margins, narrowly triangular or subulate, straight, 0.4-2.5 mm, equaling or shorter than width of inner tepals; tubercles usually 3, equal or subequal, apex obtuse, distinctly verrucose. Achenes brown, 2.3-2.8(-3) × 1.4-1.8 mm.
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Rumex obovatus world distribution map, present in Argentina, Mauritius, Netherlands, Paraguay, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:697349-1
WFO ID wfo-0000403909
COL ID 4TPTD
BDTFX ID 58576
INPN ID 119549
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Synonyms

Rumex obovatus