Polygonaceae
Heartwing dock
Rumex hastatulus
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Heartwing dock, Hastate-leaved dock, Hastateleaf dock, Heart-wing sorrel, Heartwing sorrel, Wild dock, Heartwing or wild sorrel, Heartwing
Synonyms
- Rumex engelmannii Ledeb. ex Meisn.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Earl Agpawa, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathan Aaron, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Liszak Kristály, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daniel Washburn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: David Roach, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: smokeybear33, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Samuel A Schmid, PhD, PWS, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.