curly dock
(Rumex crispus)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
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NatureServe |
NNA - Not applicable SNA - Not applicable |
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Minnesota |
not listed |
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| Wetland Indicator Status |
Great Plains |
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Midwest |
FAC - Facultative |
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Northcentral & Northeast |
FAC - Facultative |
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| Nativity | Native of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Introduced and naturalized in North America. |
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| Occurrence | Common |
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| Habitat | Roadsides, fields, and disturbed sites. |
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| Flowering | June to August |
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| Flower Color | Yellow to greenish |
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| Height | 12″ to 60″ |
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| Identification | 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. |
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| Taxonomy | Family: |
Polygonaceae (buckwheat) |
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Polygonoideae |
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Rumiceae |
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| Synonyms | Rumex crispus ssp. crispus Rumex crispus ssp. fauriei Rumex fauriei |
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| Common Names |
curly dock narrowleaf dock sour dock yellow dock |
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Glossary
Crisped
Referring to leaf edges that are wavy, the individual waves being wavy themselves with secondary waves.
Petiole
The stalk of a leaf blade or compound leaf that attaches the leaf blade to the stem.
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| Rumex crispus CURLY DOCK Frank Mayfield |
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| Curly Dock (Rumex crispus) Wandering Sole TV |
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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. |
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| Curly Duck (Rumex crispus) - 2013-07-13 W3stlander |
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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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| Curled Dock (Rumex crispus) - 2012-06-11 W3stlander |
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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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| Curly Dock Tim Goodblood |
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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. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CPQ8WE6A3FG9S |
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| Weed of the Week #632-Curly Dock (From Ag PhD #632 5/16/10) AgPhD |
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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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