Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : rumco
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Polygonaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: clustered dock
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Knäulblütiger Ampfer ; ES : paniega ; FR : rumex aggloméré ; IT : romice conglomerato ; PT : labaça-ordinária ; EN : clustered dock ;
Biological type: Perennial
-Cotyledons oblong, with rounded tip, more or less petiolate.
-Leaves entire, elliptical, ovate.
-Height : 30-120 cm. Plant glabrous.
-Stem erect, fexose, branched at summit, with more or less patulous branches.
-Basal leaves in rosette, leaf lamina pointed at tip oblong or frequently inverted heart-shaped at base, constricted on the sides. Cauline leaves very small, lamina lanceolate, petiolate. Ochrea present.
-Flowers greenish, whorled pauciflorous, all isolated in long slack and leafed raceme. Pedicels equal the fruit -bearing valves.
-Fruit with ovate-oblong fruit bearing valves, provided with large entire granule.
-Plant diuretic and lenitive.
- Biological type : Perennial with very swollen roots at the base of stem.
Mistake with: Rumex crispus , Rumex pulcher (at vegetative stage).
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