Rumex pseudonatronatus (Borbás) Murb.

Field dock (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Polygonaceae > Rumex

Characteristics

Plants perennial, glabrous or very indistinctly papillose normally only on branches of inflorescences, or on veins of leaf blades abaxially, with fusiform, vertical rootstock. Stems erect, branched from above middle, 50-120(-150) cm. Leaves: ocrea deciduous or partially persistent at maturity; blade lanceolate to narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate-linear, normally 15-30 × 1-4 cm, apex acute. Inflorescences terminal, occupying distal 1/ 2 of stem, normally dense in distal part and interrupted at base, narrowly paniculate, branches usually straight or slightly arcuate. Pedicels articulated in proximal 1/3, filiform, 4-9 mm, articulation distinctly swollen. Flowers 15-25 in whorls, inner tepals orbiculate, ovate-orbiculate, or indistinctly reniform, 3.5-5(-6) × 3-5 mm, base slightly cordate, margins entire or rarely subentire to very weakly erose, undulate or nearly flat, apex obtuse or rounded, occasionally subacute; tubercles normally absent, sometimes with 1 indistinct tubercle or slightly thickened midvein less than 1-1.3 mm wide, normally less than 2 times as wide as inner tepals. Achenes usually reddish brown, 2-2.5 × 1-1.5 mm. 2n = 40.
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Herbs perennial. Roots vertical, large, 1-2 cm in diam. Stems erect, 80-120 cm tall, simple or branched above, grooved, glabrous. Basal leaves lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, sometimes lanceolate-linear, 15-30 × 1.5-4 cm, abaxially minutely papillate along veins, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate to narrowly cuneate, margin crisped or undulate, apex acute; cauline leaves shortly petiolate, narrowly lanceolate, small; ocrea fugacious, white, thinly membranous. Inflorescence paniculate, dense in distal part, sometimes interupted at base, 20-40 cm, narrow. Flowers bisexual. Pedicels slender, articulate below middle, articulation swollen in fruit. Inner tepals enlarged in fruit; valves nearly orbicular or orbicular-cordate, 3.5-4.5 mm, all without tubercles, sometimes 1 valve with 1 indistinct tubercle less than 1-1.3 mm, conspicuously net veined, base slightly cordate, margin entire or weakly erose, apex obtuse. Achenes brown, shiny, narrowly ovoid, trigonous, 2-2.5 mm. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. Jul-Aug. 2n = 40.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
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Environment

Ruderal and alluvial habitats, slightly saline soil, waste places, roadsides, shores of rivers and lakes, meadows, cultivated fields. Forest margins on mountain slopes, moist valleys; at elevations from 300-3,200 metres.
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It is a temperate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Edible leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

Habit

Rumex pseudonatronatus habit picture by Юрий Басов (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Rumex pseudonatronatus fruit picture by Юрий Басов (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rumex pseudonatronatus world distribution map, present in Austria, Belarus, Canada, China, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Lithuania, Latvia, Mongolia, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:697425-1
WFO ID wfo-0000404055
COL ID 4TPVB
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rumex fennicus Rumex domesticus var. pseudonatronatus Rumex pseudonatronatus subsp. fennicus Rumex pseudonatronatus