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Pacific Golden Dock

Rumex persicarioides

Also called Coastal Dock, Peach Leaved Dock, Golden Dock, Seashore Dock

Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Annual
Water
Likes moisture
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
W. Canada to Mexico (NW. Baja California), E. Canada to NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Rumex persicarioides is a flowering dicot species in the family Polygonaceae. This species flowers annually in the summer-time but on rare occasions it has been found to be biennial. R. persicarioides is not cultivated for human use and should not be confused with the similarly named genus Persicariae.

Where it grows

R. persicarioides thrives in wet and saline ecosystems, typically being found in coastal regions and salt marshes. It is native to western Canada and the US (British Columbia, Oregon and California) and eastern Canada and the northeastern US (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York State).

Other Rumex plants

Abyssinian Dock · Sorrel · Sheep's Sorrel · Munk's rhubarb · Pale dock · Rumex andinus · Scottish Dock · Arctic dock · Azorean Dock · Bering Sea dock · Pale dock · Hooked Dock

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rumex persicarioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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