Polygonaceae
Patience dock
Rumex patientia
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (20)
- Arabic
- حماض كبير, حماض البر, حماض البقر, حميض الحقل
- arz
- حماض كبير
- Bulgarian
- Спанаков лапад
- Catalan
- Agrella de galàpet
- Chinese
- 巴天酸模, 西藏酸模, 牛西西, 牛西西叶, 皱叶酸模, 酸模, 酸模叶
- Czech
- Šťovík zahradní
- Dutch
- Spinaziezuring
- English
- Patience dock
- Estonian
- Spinatoblikas
- Finnish
- Pinaattihierakka
- German
- Gemüse-Ampfer
- Haitian Creole
- Lòzèy
- hsb
- Zahrodny zdźer
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hagesyre
- Persian
- ترشک شفادهنده
- Romanian
- Ștevie
- Serbian
- Zelje, Зеље
- Slovenian
- Trpežna kislica
- Swedish
- Spenatskräppa
- Welsh
- Tafolen oddefus
Synonyms
- Acetosa patientia (L.) M.Gómez
- Lapathum hortense Garsault
- Lapathum hortense Lam.
- Rumex callosus (F.Schmidt) Rech.f.
- Rumex interruptus Rech.f.
- Rumex patientia subsp. callosus (F.Schmidt ex Maxim.) Rech.f.
- Rumex patientia subsp. interruptus Rech.f.
- Rumex patientia subsp. pamiricus (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
- Rumex patientia subsp. tibeticus (Rech.f.) Rech.f.
- Rumex patientia var. callosus F.Schmidt ex Maxim.
- Rumex patientia var. tibeticus Rech.f.
- Rumex tibeticus Rech.f.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 12 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Zoltán Nagy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Zoltán Nagy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: carnifex, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Сергей Голубев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Georges Olioso, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Igor Balashov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: BéludJP, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Thue, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: auroreflorenceandre30, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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- Golden dockRumex maritimusPolygonaceae
- Alpine dockRumex alpinusPolygonaceae
- Dooryard dockRumex longifoliusPolygonaceae
- Compact dockRumex thyrsiflorusPolygonaceae
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- 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.