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Rumex pulcher L.
fiddle dock

   
Symbol: RUPU3
Group: Dicot
Family: Polygonaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
L48    I



Photograph of Rumex pulcher L.
Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Cyprus.
 
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Synonyms:
Rumex pulcher L.

  RUPUD Rumex pulcher L. ssp. divaricatus (L.) Murb.
 

Distribution by State:
Rumex pulcher L.

Distributional Map for Rumex pulcher L.
Distribution Map Legend

Rumex pulcher L. distribution:
USA (AL, AR, CA, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NM, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, AR, CA, FL, GA, KY, LA, MA, MO, MS, NC, NM, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV

 

Related Taxa:
Rumex pulcher L.

33 genera in Polygonaceae, 55 species in Rumex
 

Classification:
Rumex pulcher L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Caryophyllidae
Order   Polygonales
Family   Polygonaceae – Buckwheat family
Genus   Rumex L. – dock
Species   Rumex pulcher L. – fiddle dock
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Rumex pulcher L.

Rumex
dock

The related entity italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

STATE Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Introduced Information:
Rumex pulcher L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Rumex pulcher L.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
FAC-,FACW FACW- FACW NI NO NI FACW- NI NI FAC- FAC+ NO NO NO

Integrated Taxonomic Information Sytem (ITIS) :
Rumex pulcher L.

ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20942.

 

 

 

 
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