Polygonaceae
Bitter dock
Rumex obtusifolius
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (37)
- ab
- Адырӡы
- Arabic
- حماض بري, حماض البراري, حماض البقر, حماض عريض الورق, راوند بري, سلق بري
- arz
- حماض برى
- Asturian
- Paniza
- Belarusian
- Шчаўе тупалістае
- Breton
- Teal, Kaol-teal
- Bulgarian
- Тъполистен лапад
- Cantonese
- 鈍葉酸模
- Catalan
- Paradella de fulla grossa, Patience sauvage
- Chinese
- 大羊蹄, 钝叶酸模, 土大黄, 土大黄叶
- csb
- Tãpòlëstnô szczawa
- Czech
- Šťovík tupolistý
- Dutch
- Ridderzuring
- English
- Bitter dock, Broad-leaved dock, Butter dock, Round-leaved dock, Bluntleaf dock, Dock leaf
- Estonian
- Tömbilehine oblikas
- Finnish
- Tylppöhierakka, Tylppälehtihierakka, Puistotylppöhierakka
- French
- Patience à feuilles obtuses, Patience sauvage, Patience a feuilles obtuses
- German
- Stumpfblättriger Ampfer, Blacke, Stumpfblatt-Ampfer
- gv
- Cabbag lhean
- hsb
- Tupołopjenojty zdźer
- Hungarian
- Réti lórom
- Japanese
- エゾノギシギシ
- kw
- Tavol
- Latvian
- Struplapu skābene
- Lithuanian
- Patience sauvage
- Macedonian
- Штавеј, Таполистен штавел, Таполистен штавеј, Штавел
- mwl
- Lhampaça
- nrm
- Grand doque, Grànd doque
- Persian
- ترشک برگکند
- Polish
- Szczaw tępolistny
- Portuguese
- Lampaça, Labaça
- Quechua
- Luq'u-luq'u, Loq'o loq'o, Loq'o-loq'o, Luq'u luq'u, Sakha llaqi
- Slovak
- Štiavec tupolistý
- Slovenian
- Topolistna kislica
- Swedish
- Tomtskräppa, Patience sauvage, Tomtsyra
- Turkish
- Yabani labada, Geniş yapraklı labada, Küt yapraklı labada, Yabani kuzukulağı, Yabani pazı
- Welsh
- Dail tafol
Synonyms
- Acetosa obtusifolia (L.) M.Gómez
- Lapathum obtusifolium (L.) Moench
- Lapathum sylvestre Lam.
- Rumex agrestis (Fr.) Schur
- Rumex crispatulus Michx.
- Rumex laevigatus Willd. ex Spreng.
- Rumex obtusifolius subsp. agrestis (Fr.) Danser
- Rumex obtusifolius subsp. obtusifolius
- Rumex obtusifolius var. agrestis Fr.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to July, September (from 284 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Greenland: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: olrett, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: dannali, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rod, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: peakaytea, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Alexandr Stanislavschi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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- Common sheep sorrelRumex acetosellaPolygonaceae
- Curled dockRumex crispusPolygonaceae
- 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.