Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Rumex pulcher
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Fiddle Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex pulcher
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-008:
Rumex pulcher
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rumex pulcher
COMMON NAME:
Fiddle Dock
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Gill Newberry gn05_r_pulchar_closeup
May
Pedicels ~ equal to or shorter than fruit (vs longer in R. obtusifolius), per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States.
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Gill Newberry gn05_rumex_pulcher_frutis
May
Inflorescence branches spreading, making an angle of 60-90 degrees with axis, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Rumex pulcher
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex pulcher
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-008:
Rumex pulcher
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rumex pulcher
3540
Forb
Perennial
Monoecious
Non-native: Eurasia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA-NC-SC, rare in Mountains & NC Piedmont
Look for it in disturbed areas, bottomland fields, bottomland forests, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Brown
Nutlet
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!