Common Name: curly dock, yellow dock, sour dock, narrowleaf dock, curled dock
Scientific Name: Rumex crispus L.
Family Name: Polygonaceae - Smartweed or Buckwheat Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - perennial, reproducing by seed

stems - reproductive, upright, smooth, grooved, one or more per crown, nodes swollen, ocrea (papery or membranous sheath) at nodes growth habit 1, growth habit 2, growth habit 3, growth habit 4, growth habit 5

leaves - basal leaves narrowly lanceolate, smooth, margins curled or wavy; stem leaves alternate, smaller above leaves 1, leaves 2, leaves 3

flowers - green to reddish-brown when mature, small, petals absent; branched terminal clusters mature seedheads

seeds - shiny, triangular, 3 papery "wings" or heart-shaped appendages, wing margins smooth seeds 1, seeds 2, seeds 3, seedhead

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