Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Wild Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 1938)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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Acetosa hastatula
COMMON NAME:
Wild Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel, Heartwing Dock
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm0304m_03
April Colleton County SC
Colorful masses in sandy fields in Coastal Plain, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm120404_520
April Greenville County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120404_520c
April Greenville County SC
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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.
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JK Marlow jkm120404_527b
April Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120415_087
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm120415_087b
April Pickens County SC
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JK Marlow jkm210413_9497
April Greenville County SC
Blackwell Heritage Preserve
Well-developed lvs w hastate base (lobes divergent, at right angle to petiole), per Weakley's Flora.
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Roxanna Martin rlm4211_183
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm42510_090
April Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm43011_105
April Spartanburg County SC
Inner sepals cordate with a wide, membranous, erose wing, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
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, 1938)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
-
Acetosa hastatula
1285
Forb
Winter annual
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common (uncommon in Mountains)
Look for it in fields (especially sandy fields in the Coastal Plain), roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Variable
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-yellow/ Pinkish-red
Unisexual
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p164
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p371
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p396
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p195
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p003
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p054
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p063
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p321
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p338
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p165