Rumex obtusifolius |
Rumex paucifolius |
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bitter dock |
alpine sheep sorrel, alpine sorrel, mountain sorrel |
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Habit | Robust perennial from a large root, without rhizomes, the single stem unbranched below the inflorescence, 6-12 dm. tall. | |
Leaves | Basal leaves with sheathing stipules and long petioles, the blade broadly oblong or ovate-oblong, cordate at the base, 10-20 cm. long; cauline leaves several, reduced upward. |
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Flowers | Inflorescence a large panicle, the branches ascending, leafy to mid-length; flowers numerous, borne in verticils, the lower whorls several times as far apart as the upper; pedicels slender, recurved, longer than the perianth, jointed below mid-length; flowers perfect, greenish-brown; outer 3 perianth segments 3 mm. long; inner 3 segments ascending, ovate, 5 mm. long, strongly veined, with 2-4 teeth on each margin, usually one segment with a prominent lump on the base; styles 3. |
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Fruits | Achene 2 mm. long, smooth. |
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Rumex obtusifolius |
Rumex paucifolius |
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Flowering time | March-September | June -August |
Habitat | Moist roadsides and wasteland. | Moist grasslands, stream banks, and montane to alpine meadows. |
Distribution | Occurring on both sides of the Cascades in Washington; widely distributed throughout much of North America.
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Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.
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Origin | Introduced | Native |
Conservation status | Not of concern | Not of concern |
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