Scientific Name |
Rumex crispus L. |
Other Names |
sour dock, yellow dock |
Life Cycle |
perennial |
General Description |
Perennial with large, narrow wavy leaves in a basal rosette with a sparsely leaved flowering stem. |
Seedlings |
Cotyledons are hairless and ovate at the ends of long, ridged petioles.
Young leaves form a basal rosette and have red speckling. |
True Leaves and Stem |
Stems are smooth, ridged, and often red. Leaves are alternate and have
an ochrea. Large mature leaves have wavy margins and very long and rounded.
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Roots |
taproot |
Flower and Fruit |
Flowers in clusters on the upper portion of the elongated stem. Flowers
are greenish in color and turn a deep red when mature. Fruits are triangular,
cork-like structure that contain the seeds. |