Rumex pulcher L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Polygonaceae

• Scientific Name

  Rumex pulcher L.

• Description

  Species Description - Slender, branching perennial 2–8 dm from a taproot; lvs basally disposed, the lower commonly constricted just above the cordate base, hairy on the petiole and veins beneath; infl very large, with many divergent spike-like branches, the glomerules separate, mostly subtended by reduced lvs; pedicels stout, conspicuously jointed, about as long as the fr; valves triangular- ovate, 4–5 mm, conspicuously reticulate, each with 2–6 spinose teeth on each margin below the middle; fully developed grain 1, verrucose, the other valves bearing imperfect small grains; 2n=20. Native of Europe, intr. in waste places from N.Y. to Fla., Okla., and Tex., and on the Pacific coast.

• Common Names

  fiddle-dock