WorldFloraDB - Rumex scutatus

Characteristics

A leafy plant which keeps growing from year to year. It grows in clumps It is low growing and forms mats. The clumps can be 10-15 cm tall. The leaves are as broad as long and small. The leaves are 15 cm long and 8 cm wide. They are dark green and somewhat crinkly. The crisply or wavy edges help distinguish it. They have reddish stems. The flower stalks are long and tough and have red streaks. The flowers are small and greenish. The seeds are brown.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	-
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	anemogamy
Spread	anemochory
Mature width (meter)	0.8 - 1.05
Mature height (meter)	0.4 - 0.55
Root system	fibrous-root tap-root
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Nitrogen fixer	-
Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It does well on rocky well-drained soil. It needs a protected sunny position. It grows in alpine and sub-alpine regions. It suits hardiness zones 3-9.

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Old walls and mountain pastures.

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Usage

The leaves are eaten in salads. They are used as flavouring in soups and omelettes. They are used in sauces. CAUTION: The leaves contain oxalates so should not be eaten in large amounts.

Uses	dye food leaf vegetable medicinal
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Apertif (unspecified), Astringent (unspecified), Cardiac (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Liver (unspecified), Medicine (unspecified), Scurvy (unspecified), Refrigerant (unspecified)
Human toxicity	skin-irritating (whole)
Animal toxicity	weak toxic (whole)

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. The flower stalks are cut to prevent the plant going to seed.

Mode	divisions seedlings
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