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Read more about Wild Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-002:
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Acetosa hastatula
COMMON NAME:
Wild Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel, Heartwing Dock
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February Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Leaves arrow-shaped with spreading basal lobes, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry.
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April Colleton County SC
Colorful masses in sandy fields in Coastal Plain, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
JK Marlow jkm120404_520b
April Greenville County SC
Tiny flowers on upper half of stems (plants dioecious), 3-10 per tuft, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm120404_527
April Greenville County SC
Slender ridged stem, 1 to several from basal rosette, branched above middle, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
JK Marlow jkm130406_847
April Richmond County GA
Fort Gordon
Leaves 3-lobed: terminal lobe linear-oblong, lateral spurs present or not, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
Roxanna Martin rlm43011_105
April Spartanburg County SC
Inner sepals cordate with a wide, membranous, erose wing, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Roxanna Martin rlm6610_77
June Spartanburg County SC
Enlarged wing-like heart-shaped sepals encase the nutlet, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.