Polygonaceae
Curled dock
Rumex crispus
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- حماض جعد, حماض مجعد
- Catalan
- Paradella crespa, Patience crépue
- Chinese
- 小酸模, 牛耳大黄, 牛耳大黄叶, 羊蹄, 酸模, 酸模叶
- Corsican
- Rumiccia
- Danish
- Rødskræppe
- English
- Curled dock, Curly dock, Yellow dock
- French
- Oseille crépue, Oseille à feuilles de patience, Parelle, Patience crépue
- German
- Grottenstengel, Patience crépue, Roter-Heinrich
- Irish
- An chopóg chatach
- Italian
- Lapazio, Romice crespa
- Lithuanian
- Patience crépue
- Portuguese
- Azeda-crespa, Labaca-crespa
- Romanian
- Ștevie creață
- Spanish
- Aceda de culebra, Acedera, Acedera brava, Acedera de perro, Acedera de sapo, Acederones, Acederón, Aciderones
- Swedish
- Kaffeväxt, Krussyra, Patience crépue, Svinsyra
Synonyms
- Lapathum crispum Garsault
- Lapathum crispum (L.) Scop.
- Rumex odontocarpus (Sándor ex Borbás) Borbás
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 477 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Catherine C. Galley, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: stephen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Piotr Panek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Justin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paul Bell-Butler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bruce Calvert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Rumex
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- Common sheep sorrelRumex acetosellaPolygonaceae
- Bitter dockRumex obtusifoliusPolygonaceae
- Water dockRumex hydrolapathumPolygonaceae
- Clustered dockRumex conglomeratusPolygonaceae
- Golden dockRumex maritimusPolygonaceae
- Patience dockRumex patientiaPolygonaceae
- Alpine dockRumex alpinusPolygonaceae
- Dooryard dockRumex longifoliusPolygonaceae
- Compact dockRumex thyrsiflorusPolygonaceae
- Red-veined dockRumex sanguineusPolygonaceae
- Scottish dockRumex aquaticusPolygonaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.