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Field dock

Rumex pseudonatronatus

Also called Finnish Dock, Eastern Dock

Field dock
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat family)
Grows as
Perennial
Safety
Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range
N. & EC. Europe to Russian Far East and N. China
Climate
temperate

About

Rumex pseudonatronatus, common name field dock or Finnish dock, is a plant species native to northern Europe and northern Asia, known from Asiatic and European Russia, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, etc. It is naturalized in much of Canada and to the north-central United States. It is known from every Canadian province from Québec to British Columbia, plus Yukon, North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota. It grows in wet and/or disturbed sites along stream banks, lake shores, roadsides, ditches, cultivated fields, meadows, etc.

Rumex pseudonatronatus is a perennial herb. Stems are erect, up to 150 cm tall, often branching above the middle. Leaves are lanceolate, up to 30 cm long.

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 pseudonatronatus 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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