Polygonaceae
Marsh dock
Rumex palustris
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (18)
- arz
- رومكس بالستريس
- Bulgarian
- Блатен лапад
- Catalan
- Patience des Marais
- Czech
- Šťovík bahenní
- Dutch
- Moeraszuring
- English
- Marsh dock
- Finnish
- Mutahierakka
- French
- Patience des marais
- German
- Sumpf-Ampfer, Sumpfampfer, Patience des Marais
- Latvian
- Purva skābene
- Lithuanian
- Patience des Marais
- Persian
- ترشک باتلاقی
- Polish
- Szczaw błotny
- Russian
- Щавель болотный
- Slovenian
- Močvirska kislica
- Spanish
- Lapathum limosum, Lapathum palustre
- Swedish
- Sumpskräppa, Patience des Marais
- Welsh
- Tafolen y gors
Flowers
- In flower
- April, June to July (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Katrin Simon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yves Bas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joss Carr, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luca Fornasari, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Piermario Maculan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Rumex
- Common sorrelRumex acetosaPolygonaceae
- Common sheep sorrelRumex acetosellaPolygonaceae
- Curled dockRumex crispusPolygonaceae
- 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
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.