Broadleaf Dock     Information
INVASIVE
Scientific Name:Rumex obtusifolius
Common Name Synonyms: Bitter Dock


NOTES: Sepals irregularly toothed. Native to Europe.

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Broadleaf Dock
Genus species: Rumex obtusifolius
Common Names: Broadleaf Dock
Bitter Dock
Family Name: Polygonaceae  
Annual or perennial herbs, or woody vines; leaves alternate, simple, mostly entire, stipules typically united into an ocrea (a tubular, papery sheath); flowers bisexual or unisexual, regular, in short axillary clusters or in various elongate inflorescences; fruit a trigonous or lenticular achene.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Nonnative
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Green/Brown
Pink/Red
CNC Habitat: Nature Playscape
Polinator Garden
Identified by:A. Swanson
Months in Bloom:  
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