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Dock (6)

Rumex densiflorus

Dense-flowered Dock
Rumex densiflorus

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA: Alpine Dock, Marsh Dock
Photo taken on: June 25, 2005
Location: Brush Creek, GV, CO
Life Zones: Montane to alpine
Habitat: Moist areas

Grows over 3ft tall in dense colonies, un-branched, except in the flower head, from a basal rosette of large, upright leaves. Leaves are 12-18'' long. Flowers are tiny and reddish-green, turning brown at maturity.

Flora of North America reference.

Rumex crispus

Curly Dock
Rumex crispus

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on: September 4, 2011
Location: Los Alamos, NM
Life Zones: Plains to montane
Habitat: Disturbed soil, waste areas, roadsides

Grows to 5ft un-branched, except in the flower head, from a basal rosette of leaves . Leaves are up to 12'' long, dull green with very wavy (curly) edges. Flowers are tiny and yellowish or reddish green. The mature plant is reddish-brown.

Flora of North America reference.

Rumex triangulivalvis

White Dock
Rumex triangulivalvis

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA: White Willow Dock, Triangular-valved Dock
Photo taken on: August 24, 2007
Location: Lottis Creek, GV, CO
Life Zones: Plains to montane
Habitat: Moist areas, roadsides

Grows 16" to 40", branched below first flower spike with long, flat, light green, narrow leaves. Flowers are in thin clusters on branched spikes. arrow

Rumex salicifolius

 

 

Flowers are green but turn rusty with age.

Photo taken on: July 30, 2011
Location: Heron Lake area, NM

Flora of North America reference.

Rumex occidentalis

Western Dock
Rumex occidentalis (Rumex aquaticus var. fenestratus)

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on: June 9, 2014
Location: Abiquiu, NM
Life Zones: Plains and foothills
Habitat: Wet areas, riverbanks, ditches

Grows over 4 to 6 feet tall with branches above the middle. Leaves are narrowly triangular or lance-shaped with smooth or slightly wavy edges up to 14" long. Flower heads turn reddish-brown at maturity.

Flora of North America reference.

Rumex pulcher

Fiddle Dock
Rumex pulcher

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA:
Photo taken on: June 26, 2016
Location: Rio Chama, Abiquiu, NM;
Life Zones: Plains and foothills
Habitat: Moist waste areas

Grows to 2 feet high with a slender, erect stem. Leaves are often oblong with a narrow middle in the rough shape of a fiddle, and can be wavy edged. Flowers grow in dense whorls forming a long cluster. Distinguished by the long teeth on the edges of the tepals. The whole plant turns red at maturity.

Flora of North America reference.

Rumex hymenosepalus

Canaigre Dock
Rumex hymenosepalus

Family: Buckwheat (Polygonaceae)
AKA: Canaigre, Ganagra, Wild Rhubarb,
 Arizona Dock, Tanner's Dock,
 Desert Rhubarb, Sand Dock

Photo taken on: May 6, 2017
Location: Chaco Culture NHP, NM
Life Zones: Plains
Habitat: Dry, sandy places, often found near Ancient
 Puebloan ruins

Grows 2 to 4 feet tall with a stout, fleshy stem and large, waxy, ridged leaves. Flowers grow in dense clusters of pinkish brown and green.

Flora of North America reference.

Green & Brown Flowers