curly dock

(Rumex crispus)

Conservation Status
curly dock
Photo by Alfredo Colon
  IUCN Red List

not listed

     
  NatureServe

NNA - No Status Rank

SNA - No Status Rank

     
  Minnesota

not listed

     
           
Wetland Indicator Status
     
  Great Plains

FAC - Facultative

     
  Midwest

FAC - Facultative

     
  Northcentral & Northeast

FAC - Facultative

     
           
 
Description
 
 

The stems become red with age.

The leaves are long and narrow, up to 6" long and 1" wide, on long petioles. They have a rounded to heart-shaped base. The leaf margins are wavy and crisped, hence the species name crispus. The upper leaf surface is dull, not shiny.

Flower stalks are jointed near the base.

The fruit has three membraneous sepals, called “valves”, each with an elongated, tuber-like projection, for a total of three tubercles per fruit. The margin the valve does not have conspicuous teeth. The fruit becomes dark brown with maturity.

 
     
 

Height

 
 

12 to 60

 
     
 

Flower Color

 
 

Yellow to greenish

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Roadsides, fields, and disturbed sites.

 
     
 
Ecology
 
 

Flowering

 
 

June to August

 
     
 

Pests and Diseases

 
 

 

 
     
 
Use
 
 

 

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Distribution Map

 

Sources

2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 22, 24, 28, 29, 30.

 
  4/3/2023      
         
 

Nativity

 
 

Native of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Introduced and naturalized in North America.

 
         
 

Occurrence

 
 

Common

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Kingdom Plantae (green algae and land plants)  
  Subkingdom Viridiplantae (green plants)  
  Infrakingdom Streptophyta (land plants and green algae)  
  Superdivision Embryophyta (land plants)  
  Division Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  
  Subdivision Spermatophytina (seed plants)  
  Class Magnoliopsida (flowering plants)  
  Superorder Caryophyllanae  
 

Order

Caryophyllales (pinks, cactuses, and allies)  
 

Family

Polygonaceae (knotweed)  
  Subfamily Polygonoideae  
  Tribe Rumiceae  
 

Genus

Rumex (docks)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

 

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Rumex crispus ssp. crispus

Rumex crispus ssp. fauriei

Rumex fauriei

 
       
 

Common Names

 
 

curly dock

narrowleaf dock

sour dock

yellow dock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary

Crisped

Referring to leaf edges that are wavy, the individual waves being wavy themselves with secondary waves.

 

Petiole

On plants: The stalk of a leaf blade or a compound leaf that attaches it to the stem. On ants and wasps: The constricted first one or two segments of the rear part of the body.

 
 
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Other Videos
 
  Curly Dock (Rumex crispus)
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About

Published on Oct 6, 2013

Curly Dock (Rumex crispus), also known as Yellow Dock, is a member of the buckwheat family (Polygonaceae). It is native to native to Europe and Western Asia.

   
  Curly Duck (Rumex crispus) - 2013-07-13
W3stlander
 
   
 
About

Published on Aug 2, 2013

Rumex crispus ("Curly Dock" or "Yellow Dock") is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.

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De krulzuring (Rumex crispus) is een hemikryptofyte, vaste plant die behoort tot de duizendknoopfamilie (Polygonaceae).

   
  Curled Dock (Rumex crispus) - 2012-06-11
W3stlander
 
   
 
About

Published on Jun 12, 2012

Curled Dock (Rumex crispus), also known as Curly Dock, Yellow Dock, Sour Dock, Narrow Dock, sometimes as "narrow-leaved dock" (which properly refers to a variant of Sorrel), and ambiguously as "garden patience", is a perennial flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae.

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De krulzuring (Rumex crispus) is een hemikryptofyte, vaste plant die behoort tot de duizendknoopfamilie (Polygonaceae).

   
  Curly Dock
Tim Goodblood
 
   
 
About

Published on Jul 24, 2012

Curly Dock or yellow dock, is a nutritious and multi-purpose plant. Used as a medicine, dye, and food. Also... leaves could be harvested early before flowering, and can then be prepared much like spinach.

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  Weed of the Week #632-Curly Dock (From Ag PhD #632 5/16/10)
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Uploaded on May 22, 2010

The guys deal with this ugly weed, Curly Dock, in this installment of the Weed of the Week.

   

 

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