NameThatPlant.net: Rumex patientia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Caryophyllales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rumex patientia FAMILY Polygonaceae Go to FSUS key

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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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
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

Habitat: Disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Mediterranean Europe

Waif(s)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
6 sepals of two different sizes
Petals absent
6 stamens
Superior ovary
Unisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brown
Nutlet

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