Family: Polygonaceae
Rumex conglomeratus
Citation:
Murray, Prod. Stirp. gottingens. 52 (1770).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Clustered dock.
Description:
Erect perennial to c. 1 m high, with stiff ascending branches; lower leaves 3-13 X 1-4 cm, oblong-lanceolate, crisped.
Clusters many-flowered, rather distant, leafy except at the summit, forming a loose panicle; valves 2-3 mm long, entire, oblong, obtuse, each usually with a large oblong tubercle.
Seeds c. 1 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, dull-red.
Published illustration:
Keble Martin (1965) The concise British flora in colour, pl. 74.
Distribution:
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Almost cosmopolitan.
S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, SL, SE. W.Aust.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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