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bitter dock
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex obtusifolius
bitter dock Smartweed-Buckwheat Family
Rumex obtusifolius Polygonaceae
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common names
  bitter dock
  broadleaved dock
accepted scientific name
  Rumex obtusifolius L.
rules for finding collection records
  Rumex obtusifolius (22)
family name
  • Polygonaceae
Image Author: ©2010 Anthony Valois and the National Park Service
Image License: public domain
Image Source
Category: Wildflowers
Flowers: No obvious petals
Petal colors: color color color
Leaf: Alternate, Basal
Plant Observed 2nd week of June thru 3rd week of February
Native to Europe. Naturalized in Hawaii.

How Likely at this Location (12%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (36%)
where plant found
mag select

Forest
Disturbed
Brush
Wetland
Sand
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Riparian
Meadow
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Rumex obtusifolius   L.   (TSN: 20939, Index: 927)


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