Basic Illustrated Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs by Jim Meuninck

Author:Jim Meuninck
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781493036417
Publisher: Falcon Guides

SWAMP DOCK AND CURLY DOCK

Polygonaceae (Rumex orbiculatus, R. crispus, R. patientia)

I include all docks here, although R. crispus and R. orbiculatus are typically found along the edges of roadsides, in gardens, and meadows.

Identification: The many varieties of dock are common weeds growing on disturbed ground, edges of fields, roadsides, and vacant lots. Leaves typically widest at base, narrow to tip, rounded at base; paperlike flower spikes; fruits 3 parted, brownish to red, each mature ovary contains a nutlet. Docks emerge in the spring, first as unfurling leaves, later the flower spike shoots up with smaller leaves attached. Flowers and eventually seeds cluster along the top several inches of the spikes. Swamp or water dock (R. orbiculatus) is found growing in water or along stream margins. It is stout and tall (to 6') with a long root and flat, narrow, dark-green leaves. Both curly dock (R. crispus) and yellow dock (R. patientia) have curly or wavy leaf margins.

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