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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acetosa hastatula
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
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Read more about Wild Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5 (2005)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rumex hastatulus
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
COMMON NAME:
Wild Dock, Heartwing Dock, Sourgrass, Heartwing Sorrel
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ruha2_001_lvd
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
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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 leaves with hastate base (the lobes divergent, at right angle to the petiole), per Weakley's Flora (2022).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s040501_a
May Greenville County SC
Creekside/Riverside
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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 (Miller & Miller, 2005).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Acetosa hastatula
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex hastatulus
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 5
Rumex hastatulus
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rumex hastatulus
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
1285
Forb
Winter annual
Dioecious
Habitat: Glades, barrens, xeric sands; eastwards in fields (especially sandy fields in the Coastal Plain), roadsides, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Creamy-yellow/ Pinkish-red
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual
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 (Miller & Miller, 2005) p164
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p371
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p528-529
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p396
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p195
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p003
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p063
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p295
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p321
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p338
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses (Murphy et al., 1992) p165
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