Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Patience Dock at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-005:
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
COMMON NAME:
Patience Dock, Monk's-rhubarb
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 063-02-005:
Rumex patientia
FAMILY
Polygonaceae
1287
Forb
Biennial/Short-lived perennial
Monoecious
Non-native: Mediterranean Europe
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Waif(s)
Look for it in disturbed areas, 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:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet
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