Polygonaceae
Bladder dock
Rumex vesicarius
- Family
- Polygonaceae
- Genus
- Rumex
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- حميض, حماض, حمبيز, حنبيط
- Bangla
- রোজিডক
- English
- Bladder dock, Ruby dock
- Marathi
- आम्लवेतस
- Persian
- ترشه
Synonyms
- Acetosa vesicaria (L.) Á.Löve
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April, July to October (from 114 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mourad Harzallah, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Keith Williams, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Antoine Thivolle, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Third Silence, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.