Willow Dock - Rumex salicifolius
Other Names:
Rumex triangulivalvis, Rumex utahensis
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
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C-value:
7
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Glabrous, perennial. Stems ascending to erect, branched, 20–80 cm. Leaves mostly cauline; the blades linear-oblanceolate, 3–15 cm long, little reduced above. Inflorescence 10–20 cm long, a leafy-bracted panicle of dense, erect, spike-like branches. Flowers perfect; outer tepals ca. 2 mm long. Fruit ca. 3 mm long; inner tepals ovate with or without a narrowly ovoid callosity. Achenes brown, ca. 2 mm long (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).