Polygonaceae
Tropical dock
Rumex obovatus
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (4)
- English
- Tropical dock
- Finnish
- Lapahierakka
- Swedish
- Argentinsk skräppa
- Welsh
- Tafolen wrthwyffurf
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Fernandez Guillermina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification 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.