Rumex altissimus Alph.Wood
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Polygonaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stout perennial to 1 m, often branched; lvs all cauline, pale, flat, lanceolate or more often lance-ovate, acute or acuminate, obtuse or rarely rounded at base; infl loose, 1–3 dm, with usually few short ascending branches; pedicels 3–5 mm, jointed just above the base; valves firm, subrotund, 4–6 mm long and wide, broadly truncate at base; grains 1–3, when plural often unequal, the larger lanceolate, acute, half to two-thirds as long as the valve; 2n=20. Swamps and wet soil; N.H. to Mich., Minn., and Colo., s. to Va., Ga., Tex., and Ariz.
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Common Names
pale dock